[TechAssist] Re: Two OSes
- From: "Mitchs Electronics" <Mitchstv@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:45:17 -0600
The easiest way I found was 2000 pro will support 2 independent os's at the
same time. At boot up you just pick the one you want. You can have on same
drive or separate.
Rick Mitchell
Mitch's Electronics Ser.Co.
Mitchstv@xxxxxxxxxx
3935 south 20th
Lincoln, Nebraska 68502
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:37 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Two OSes
>
> The easiest way to have two operating systems on one computer is to have
> your hard drives mounted in removable pull-out bays. The if you want to
> run a different OS, just shut down the computer, slide out the hard
> drive, slide in the other hard drive with the other OS on it, boot up
> and away you go. No harm can be done to the OS sitting on the shelf
> either. I use these removable bays for backup purposes. I slide in the
> 40 gig backup drive, Ghost an image of drive C to it, then shut down and
> remove the backup HD and put it away in the cupboard.
>
>
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>
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>
> Tel-Tek Electronics wrote:
> >
> > What Wolf says makes sense...I think....but the terms are so confusing
to a
> > non-combatant, that reading between the lines, and that about all I can
> > understand, (what's between the lines), I basically read (Don't).....
> > Bil's version is much easier, (he's done it, and it seems to work).
> > Now taking the two answers, finding the RMS, I decided...don't...I
really
> > don't need more complications in my life...;-).
> > Soooooo....before we all come to blows, let's go on with what we're here
> > for..Fixing TV's and such. I may just start adopting the Macintosh/Apple
> > system altogether and tell Bill Gates to shove it.
> > Thanks guys...Bil...Wolfe...et al.
> >
> > -Ed-
> > Tel-Tek Electronics
> > Ontario-Canada
> > teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed" <edb3@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 7:56 AM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Two OSes
> >
> > >
> > > Well two brownie points for you, why dont you help people like this
site
> > was
> > > designed instead of using it to blast everyone and toot your own horn,
its
> > > not that hard to install 2 operating systems, been doing it for years,
no
> > > problems, and no im not microsoft certified, dont claim to be, dont
need
> > it,
> > > computers are easy compared to the stuff i usually work on, most of
these
> > > techs could do it easily with a little info and help, this is a tech
> > assist
> > > site, tech assist! Get it?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <wolfe-mcse@xxxxxxx>
> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:01 PM
> > > Subject: [TechAssist] Two OSes
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Howdy...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > With all of this information being passed back, and forth regarding
> > > > installation of 2 operating systems on a single machine I want to
make a
> > > > recommendation.
> > > >
> > > > Consult a professional on this, or at least consult the Microsoft
web
> > > site,
> > > > as this is the common platform that everyone is asking about.
> > Otherwise,
> > > > you are going to take something that a non-professional says to be
the
> > > > gospel truth, until you find out they were...can we say it...wrong
> > (sorry
> > > > Bil, but you are one of the people giving erroneous information).
> > > >
> > > > For the record, you can have a multi-boot system running only
Windows
> > 95,
> > > > Windows 98, or Windows ME, along with Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Windows
> > > XP,
> > > > or Windows .NET.
> > > >
> > > > Here are the catches:
> > > >
> > > > - One operating system per partition
> > > > - Separate program installations for each OS
> > > > - NTFS not accessible by Windows 95, 98, and ME
> > > > - FAT32 not accessible by Windows 95 (pre-Rev B), and NT
3.5/3.51/4.0
> > > > - HPFS not accessible by Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, .NET, and NT
4.0
> > > > - Not all hardware has support on NT/2000/XP/.NET
> > > > - No USB support on NT 3.5/3.51/4.0
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The menu that Bil refers to is erroneous. This is part of the NT
> > > technology
> > > > platform, which uses a different bootstrap loader.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Wolfe Strickland, MCSE, MCP+I, MCP
> > > > (IOW, I am Microsoft Certified)
> > > >
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