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Multi-boot question
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| Do you have to have a separate partition for Win2k Professional if you want to multi-boot it with Win 98 for example? I do know that a separate partition is required if you're going to use NTFS and FAT 16 or FAT 32. But what if you want to use both FAT 32 for Win2k and Win 98? Can't you just make a separate directory for Win2k on the same drive as 98? | |
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| Ok lets think about this for a moment:
Win 98 Folders:
Program Files **
My Documents **
Windows
Recycler **
Win2K Folders:
Program Files **
My Documents **
Recycler **
Do you spot the obvious problem here?
personally I'd use 2 partitions lets say c: for Win 98 and D: for Win2k
It will make you're life so much easier.
Hope this helps.
Yeti the Insane 
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Yeti-GBR1
MCNE MCPx3 SCO ACE LCD Compaq ASE (Wannabe CCIE part of the Wannabe Boffins Club)
email: Yeti@zerg.com
http://www.mcse2000.plus.com
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| Well... I hate to disagree with Yeti the insane.
But what the heck.
Yes, you can dual boot Win98 and W2K on the same partition using either FAT16 or FAT32. Source page 134 of MS Press MCSE Training Kit Windows 2000 Professional:
"To dual boot Windows 2000 with Microsoft Windows 95 or MS-DOS, the active partition must be formatted at FAT because Windows 95 can't read a partition formatted as FAT32 or NTFS. To dual boot with Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 (...) or Windows 98, the active partition must be formated as FAT or FAT32."
However, it seems to me that I read somewhere that MS doesn't recommend it. You would have load all your applications twice (two different registries) and you would have to install W2K to a seperate folder, not upgrade the existing windows folder.
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cadman
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| ok cadman outside now....
Gloves on 
Right do you agree with what I posted up top about common folders?
If you do then you must also acknowledge that this MAY lead to problems (yes I agree they have 2 different registries). Duh!
Hmmm now let me see, if MS says quote "However, it seems to me that I read somewhere that MS doesn't recommend it. " un quote then may be there is something in what I suggested?
Yeti the Insane
BTW did you get the other persent I sent you? cadman | |
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| Yeti-
It's like Christmas around here! Yes, I got it.
And yes, I agree with you (I don't have any gloves, yet)
Of course, the obvious problem you layed out exists whether he dual boots on the same partition or a totally different drive.
Put 'em up! 
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cadman
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| Hope I didnt start something thats going to get out of hand.  You two play nicely. Thanks for the info cadman. | |
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| Slinky1177,
Welcome, and don't worry. Yeti hasn't given me rabies... yet. It's kind of an inside conflict. Yeti has this nasty habit of interrupting me when I'm disagreeing with myself.  Something about the water over there.  Anyway, it's in fun.
Ask away, at least I don't bite.
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cadman
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| I just dual booted Win2k to my existing 98. I had to put them both on the same partition because I didn't want to have to reformat and lose everything. In the Boot.ini file, How do I make 98 the default?? I still want to use 98 as my primary O/S and use 2000 to play with for my 2000 MCSE. Below is my Boot.ini file.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0
)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partiti
on(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
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| AnalogKid,
If you boot into Win2000, go to the 'System' applet in Control Panel, select the Advanced tab then the 'Startup and Recovery' button, you can select your default operating system. | |
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Originally posted by Yeti-GBR1:
Ok lets think about this for a moment:
Win 98 Folders:
Program Files **
My Documents **
Windows
Recycler **
Win2K Folders:
Program Files **
My Documents **
Recycler **
Do you spot the obvious problem here?
personally I'd use 2 partitions lets say c: for Win 98 and D: for Win2k
It will make you're life so much easier.
Hope this helps.
Yeti the Insane
You can dual boot in the same partition although it's a problem. And don't forget that with w2k, you don't have the My Documents folder on the C drive in the same fashion as with win98. Basically, dual booting on the same partition is possible but not a smart thing to do. What's the point of loading w2k on a fat partition anyway? you don't get to take advantage of any of the new w2k stuff if you do that.
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| Thanks Jag- Have a great Weekend!!!! | |
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| I have a dual boot currently Win98 and Win2000, on seperate partitions. I agree with those statements above I would not recommend it on the same partition. Also make life easy and get partition magic, boot magic software if you plan to do this often. It makes life much easier.
Robert A+, Net+ | |
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| I also have separate partitions, but I think the question referred to the possibility of installing Win2K and 98 on the same partition. Microsoft does not support this configuration. In fact the weblink below even talks about third party software. Imagine that...Microsoft recommending another vendor's product! See this site for more info: http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/wi...es/win2boot.asp
Hope this helps.
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