[CTS] Re: Old DOS Programs on XP Home
- From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 10:51:50 -0700
I'll have to take your word for it because I can't find anything that
proves or disproves it! <shrug> I understand XP can be installed on
whatever partition you wish to install it. Whether it also chooses that
partition isn't that clear at this time. :-O
On Sat, 05 Jun 2004 16:08:57 -0700, Vernon Balbert <vbalbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> had
this to say:
VB> No, XP will put the temp files to a partition that's large enough to
VB> contain them.
VB>
VB> Charles R. Buchanan wrote:
VB>
VB> > I was going with the thinking of if Win9x is installed after XP, how
VB> > would one install XP in the first place with only a 1mb partition? Boot
VB> > files/loaders (AFAIK) are always on the first partition, which is C:,
VB> > correct?
VB> >
VB> >
VB> > on Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:31:38 -0500, "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
VB> > had this to say:
VB> >
VB> > RB> I think he meant that the 1mb is for 98Se - XP puts too much on the
drive
VB> > RB> for a 1mb partition
VB> >
VB> > Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage - SP
VB> >
VB> >
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