[windows2000] Re: Dual Booting win98 and win2k Pro
- From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:16:59 -0400
I agree on the advantages of NTFS and such and the advantage of =
installing Win2k on its own partition.
Here is the situation with my friend's computer. It is complicated by =
the fact that has is on the other side of the state from me and I can =
not sit down at it and do this myself.
It is an older Gateway PC (P3 300 mhz, recently upgraded to 256MB ram) =
that came with Win98 preinstalled. Now that it has a few years on it =
Win98 is freezing, crashing etc. I recommended he try windows 2000 and =
just let it upgrade. He gets an error that tells him he can't do that. =
So I told him to reboot the computer with the Wn2k disk in the drive and =
we would try for a dual boot. Win2k setup does not seem to thing he has =
any partitions and wants to format the drive.
It seems like FAT16 may be the problem based on the posts so far. FAT12 =
was a new one to me too (the things I learn these days).
How reliable/safe is running the conversion to Fat32. He has applied =
all the updates to Win98 from Windows Update.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: foofaraw in the middle [mailto:foofaraw_in_the_middle@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:01 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Dual Booting win98 and win2k Pro
I think you can install both Win9X and Win2k in the same directory as =
long as the partition is FAT. And make sure that the system folder for =
both OSes are not the same so that the files that are named the same =
will not overwrite each other. But the best approach is to install them =
in separate partitions to avoid cross contamination and maintaining the =
primary partition as FAT.
Angus Macdonald <angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:=20
If the HDD is not FAT or FAT32, Win98 will not be able to use it.
The best way to setup a dual-boot system is to install win98 first, then
W2K. W2K will spot the win98 installation, leave it alone (as long as =
you
don't install W2K in the samne directory) and create a suitable boot =
menu.
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese [mailto:GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 July 2002 16:36
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Dual Booting win98 and win2k Pro
I am trying to help a friend of mine set this up. It worked great when =
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I set it up for myself but on his it says his C drive is unformatted and =
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has no partitions.
Does win98 need to be FAT32 first for Win2k to recognize it?
Greg
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