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Best Way to partition for dual boot XP
I would like to ( for a short time ) set it up so that my xp installation is still available should I run into any unforseen software issues. system in a dual-boot configuration http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529 -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Win98 and Win98 dual boot?
The final result must be able to dual-boot between the two operating systems. My question is this: What issues am I likely to face while installing Mandrake, particularly with respect to dual-boot? I have heard that GRUB does not automatically install a Windows partition into its boot menu, at least in Red Hat (I'm

Dual boot gone! Gone?
Also: [vcache] maxfilecache=524288 No matter what, I can't boot in safe mode under 98. I get a memory error. I can get into win98 proper but my graphics will Hi, From what you have written I assume that you have seen this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/181966/EN-US/ I used to run a similar dual boot with XP

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
I'd like to dual boot with my existing Windows 2000 setup. I put Linux on it's own partition, and Win2k lives on my C drive right now. All of my Win2K drives (including my Win2K boot drive) are formatted NTFS. Is there an easy way to set up a dual boot option for my system? Presumably you've got a system now in

dual-boot XP and win98se with over 1 gig RAM
That is why I don't use anything like Partition Magic to dual boot, the OS can multiboot fine by itself, it just needs separate partitions. Hope this helps. Cheers FB, it does however, suggest that I'm not going to find an easy way of setting up a dual XP boot with my built in HD (C:) carrying my full build and the

Install of SP1 to WinXP Pro destroys dual boot function of Win98 ...
Clive Dove chd...@rogers.com comp os linux setup Scott Sherman wrote: Greetings - I have partitioned my machine to accomodate Linux - I presently run Windows XP and want to go to a dual boot system - my disk is setup as follows 1 - 7GB NTFS partition (boot) 2 - 1 GB partition (for Linux swap) 3 - 10 GB partition

How to remove W2k Setup Dual Boot?
I have been trying to get a dual boot Windows XP, 98, or ME system working. I need a Windows 9X operating system to get a driver hack to work so my In many modern games, also, XP doesn't allow renumbering the controllers, so a dual boot would be nice. My problem is that the non-XP OS's don't seem to want to run

Dual boot
Using the Win2K boot disk I was able to repair enough of my C drive to enable me to boot into Win2K. But my dual boot system now consists of Win2K and zilch. I understand that I can't just reinstall Win95 on C cos it would trash the Win2K boot process. So my question is: Is it possible to KILL the dual boot

Windows setup dual boot
I do not want to partition 1 HD , and split it between my 2 sets of activities, I want 2 separate drives. Can anyone please offer me any advice as I am completely new to this whole confusing area. Does anyone have a dual - boot system up-and-running? Is it a good idea?? Are there any pitfalls/problems?

Dual Boot Conundrum
PCR pcr...@netzero.net microsoft public win98 gen_discussion How did you establish this dual boot situation? If it was through XP, then look through it's I thought about going into CMOS and setting my boot sequence to start with my CD drive and reinstalling Win98, but I don't know if that will screw things up

XP dual boot 98 on a different drive
See my addition comments below re: trying to use Norton Ghost to just clone the Windows XP partition. But I was able to use Linux to clone and setup the dual boot clone drive: The 30 Gig hard drive was originally setup by: Installating Windows XP Pro and using the Windows XP installation to create a 13 Gig first

Dual boot problem
I am considering Linux again if I have some free time after my exams are over this week. "Tool Packin' Mama" <la...@lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message news:3C4F3180.5B561E74@lauragoodwin.org... What follows is a grossly oversimplified explanation of how I set up my personal computer to be a dual-boot system.

Going from a dual boot to a single hard drive
I've 2 hard drives in my system, C & D, both are set up as FAT32 primary DOS partions running Win98 SE. I've a fair amount of Data on the D drive, but still have 4 Gigs free. If I set up XP in a dual boot mode with Win98 on my C drive and put XP on my D drive, do I need to move the data off my D drive into a backup

How to recover my dual boot capability?
I want to install WinXP onto my HD as a dual boot system. Currently, I have an 80 Gig drive that is partitioned thusly: C: 10Gig (WinME), D: 26 Gig E: 39 Gig All are Fat 32 and all are about half full, but D: and E: are just for data and multimedia stuff, nothing runs off it. I would like to add another partition

How to recover my dual boot capability?
SwampYankee 1...@2.com microsoft public windows vista general Hi, I have Vista Business installed on my laptop. I installed it myself and it resideside on a single partion of my laptop. I would like to partition my hard drive so I can dual boot XP. What is the simpilist and safest way to do this?

Dual boot XP & XP
I was running Norton System Works Disk Optimizer on my dual boot drive and it froze midway through the process. I warm rebooted and now when the computer restarts, I get a message that states "Invalid System Disk. Replace the disk and then press any key." By using a second hard drive, I used Partition Magic 7.0 to

Dual boot with ME and XP Pro, and boot.ini
I loaded OS/2 on a the 517Mb C FAT-16 Drive with Boot Manager and configured it to successfully dual boot between DOS on the 11MB C drive and OS/2 on the 517Mb C Drive. 11Mb is all the room you need for DOS. Actually I only needed 6 meg for DOS 6.22. Then, when booted to plain DOS on my 11Mb C drive, I inserted the

How I did it: dual boot WinME and Linux
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/ 2000] "Roland Roy" wrote: My computer came with both Win NT and Win 98 installed. A dual boot system was working properly. A virus on the Win 98 partition caused me to reinstall Win 98. This errased, changed or otherwise made unavailable the Win NT partition.

Possible/Probable Dumb Question Regarding Dual Boot
I am trying to install a dual boot configuration of XP Pro and 2000 server. XP is for my personal use, and Server is for learning the OS and its functions for school. I am just a student. I tried this once before and when I try to boot up XP I get and error message stating that my machine cant find the boot files

Win98 and WinME Dual Boot
My old (now defunct) PC was Windows 98. I have taken the hard drive from my old machine and put it in my new one. What I am aiming for is to be able to dual boot into either OS. XP is on the C drive, 98 on the D drive. I'm not bothered about it being a slick operation, I want to use XP 99% of the time with 98 only