Re: One more on "I goofed" Att Rick 'Nutcase' Rogers

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 06:26:43 -0400

Hi Sunny,

Yes, that is compatible. Good luck and feel free to as any follow-up
questions. 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science!  That's my other hobby!
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"Sunny" <wombathouse@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message 
news:OKWMWV4JEHA.2556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> Hi Sunny,
> <snip>
>> Ok, this may change things a bit. Problem is how they see themselves.
> WinME
>> in particular will get confused if its drive letter changes. In addition,
> PM
>> has some code in the bootstrap that is causing the hiding. Providing your
>> version is xp-compatible, you may need to install it under WinXP to make
>> some of these changes.
>
> I have Partition Magic Ver 8.0 (and the update to Ver 8.01) supposed to be
> XP compatible.
>
>> > bootcfg /add  (is there a space between "bootcfg" and  "/"  ?
>
>> Yes, there is. And this may still work *if* WinXP can see the WinME
>> installation partition. If it can't see it, it can't add it.
>
> Thanks again Rick,  I will install partition Magic to "look and see" on
> WinXP, and follow your other advice.
> After setting WinXP up, and getting,
> Drivers/network/printers/scanners/camera/zillions of programs installed, 
> and
> tweaking to make it look and feel like WinME I am feeling a little smug 
> :-)
> Only downside is I am missing WinME, with all my old Flight Sim programs,
> and 20Gb of hard drive.
>
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