Re: How to install98 - upgrade to XP AND then be able to multiboot 2000 /xp

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You may consider it a nuisance but it creates a very unstable situation and
is never recommended. Sharing the %programfiles% folder between two
operating systems is also risky and yes you guessed it, never recommended.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"- Bobb -" wrote:
<snip>
| Thanks - I've been reading online and the fact that each OS has its own
partition is a nuisance.
| Of course, I'd much rather both on C and to install Office, etc into the
same folder for both rather than going through installing
| everything onto each partition.
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