[CTS] Re: Old DOS Programs on XP Home

  • From: Vernon Balbert <vbalbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 16:08:57 -0700

No, XP will put the temp files to a partition that's large enough to contain them.

Charles R. Buchanan wrote:

I was going with the thinking of if Win9x is installed after XP, how
would one install XP in the first place with only a 1mb partition? Boot
files/loaders (AFAIK) are always on the first partition, which is C:,
correct?



on Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:31:38 -0500, "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

RB> I think he meant that the 1mb is for 98Se - XP puts too much on the drive
RB> for a 1mb partition

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage - SP

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