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Basic dual boot questions
One link (by spacesurfer): To install an older Windows operating system on a computer running Windows Vista, use the following procedure http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-Vista-Fix-Bootloader-t100672.html Another post at MSFN (by Spooky) starts like this: Many questions regarding making XP and Vista boot

Dual Boot Install Question - Resize XP Partition?
I was considering setting up my T20 to dual-boot W98 and W2k. Is this possible using the T20s W2k recovery disk? Will this override any partioning of my hard drive - it's my understanding that I should install W98 first. Thanks Matt How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98,

Dual-boot question
Question is.... since the drive is set to slave, how would one boot from Linux? Will the OS install some kind of boot menu on the c (windows boot drive) to allow this choice?? You install the boot loader (lilo, or grub) on the mbr of the C drive. Your bios looks there to boot the loader.

a NEW dual boot question
From there on, Windows 2000 setup will run and install in a dual-boot situation. I do recommend that you put Windows 2000 on a different partition than your Windows 98 system. -- Richard G. Harper (MVP MPS-D) rghar...@email.com * NOTE - Private EMail is generally not replied to. Please post all * questions and

How to achieve actual use of my full 4 GB RAM,
Can I install Win2K on second partition "D" and dual boot into both operating systems? Or does fat32 on C cause complications? Want to get rid of WinME ASAP, but need to use it until I am ready to cut over to Win2K. My first time posting here, thanks. Don Your plan will work quite nicely.

Unable to install XP over Vista
All dual boot systems require installation of applications from within each OS. (If you want to run the application from both OSs. that i can access the main profile from each operating system. now for the question.. can i install applications like ms office on a fourth partition and have both operating systems

Post-Install Dual Boot Question
Can I stick the hard drive from it into the new machine and create a dual boot system?? It's a simple question but not a simple answer. And it is much tricksier to install XP after Vista because the normal way to set up dual (or multiple) boots is to install the older operating system first.

New Win98 install - dual boot questions
Donald Tees donald_t...@sympatico.ca alt os linux mandrake notsure wrote: forgive me folks.. its been a while since ive done this but.... ive downloaded 10.1 and have the cds ready to go for the installation. ive looked for an faq and the mandrake site, but havent seen anything that tells me that mandrake will

Dual boot question
Ie, currently I have 3 entries in boot.ini: one which loads NT, one for DOS and another one for Linux. Now, I've got a second IDE drive and I'd like to install Win95 on it to be able to test new applications with it without installing them under my primary OS which is NT. Unfortunately it seems (accordingly to

dual boot questions
Remove -ALL- underscores for e-mail. ga...@access.net.au wrote in message <36a7bdff.39689...@news2.access.net.au>... I have Win95b with FAT32 on a single partition 4.3G harddrive. Now I want to install a dual boot with NT. Is there a way I can change the partitions without having to re-install all my software?

Yet another question about 95/NT dual boot
I may wait to see if any more feeback from folks that have run two instances in a dual boot environment before attempting it, sounds like it may just work ok. 2: Should I decide to install Quicken on my Vista 64 bit install, I would prefer to continue to run it on my XP Pro install as well, run in parallel so

dual boot question??
I already have a dual boot menu when I start my computer, so that I can choose beetween Win98( disk C ) and WinXP prof( disk D ), disk E is used for data storage. All partitions are formatted using Fat32 filesystem. What I plan to do is to install Linux on C partition, get rid of Win 98 but keep D and E partitions

Re-Install Question - (Dual Boot)
Richard Billings wrote: I have read several posts in microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc. concerning dual booting. I am interested in trying the same My question is; what did you have to do to install the second OS? Can I put NT on after 98? I have heard of Partition Magic, and I am probably going to get it,

Convert new HP 32bit Vista home premium to Vista 64bit Ultimate
Michael Cecil mace...@comcast.net alt comp virus On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:21:18 GMT, optikl <opt...@invalid.net> wrote: Just as an aside, and it is OT, faster is not necessarily better when it comes to a defragmentation. There are other defragmenters that have been tested against Norton's Scan Disk that do a better

Dual boot - remove one OS.
Had a question: I currently have Win2k Pro installed. I have a 120GB SATA hd, dvd-rom, dvd-rw, floppy and zip drive. When I installed Win2k Pro I left about them all in place and install XP in the un-partitioned space? Thanks very much for any insight as this is my first dual boot with loads of drives on-board!

Dual boot 98/XP - follow up questions
If you're new to Linux (or playing with OS's in general) you'll want to make sure you BACK UP your hard drive before doing the install. or they opt to dual-boot or use virtualization software to access the features they need, or complaining bitterly on mailing lists about why Linux will never take over the

Upgrading from 10.0 to 10.3
No need to install Win95. Run the Win98 upgrade CD & when it looks for a qualifying OS, put the Win95 CD in & let it browse it. They can then carry on installing Win98 without installing Win95. Windows NT has made a nice dualboot menu for you, during boot it will display something like this: Windows NT Workstation

OT linux question
Adding another physical drive will still cause issues with Dell tech support, but it's a lot easier to cover up especially if using 3rd party boot management. ;-) Yes, OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer. OEMs are allowed to customize the setup engine to an extent that *can* render it impossible to install on

Need advice on setting up a dual boot vista / xp?
I had it dual-booting, where BIOS booted off Disk1. I am not sure if this was the way things were meant to be because I had to install XP first before I installed SO, my question at this point is - can I repair the boot file when I have my Vista installation slaved up to a working computer (by simply replacing

Newbie question - Installing 2k w/dual boot - need to re ...
Partition the disk, then install win2k then install linux. MDK will install itself, and complete the dual boot process. No sweat. For someone who doesn't know how to partition the drive (like me whe I was a newbie) I would suggest a clean install of w2000 first, then install Mandrake, which will ask you whether you