Re: Which disk to upgrade to?
From: CS (nomail_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/19/04
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 15:29:28 -0600
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:52:21 -0000, "Peter Goldfield"
<photographers@duckspool.com> wrote:
In line.....
>I'm going to upgrade win98se to XP on a fairly old machine with 3 hard
>disks. Bit confused about "dual Boot".
Be sure you download the upgrade advisor from MS first to ascertain if
your hardware and software are compatible with XP.
>1.Can I load XP on 12gb reformatted drive E, leaving C with win 98, and D
>with data?
Yes. XP will nicely install to any partition that is formatted to
FAT-16, FAT-32, or NTFS. Note, however, that XP will install boot
sector information and files to drive C even though the main portion
of the OS will be installed to drive E.
>2. Can I then slowly move things to XP by loading progs to E? How do I tell
>the machine how to start up?
Yes. You can install your programs to drive E. If you have older 16
bit windows programs, they can probably be moved without reinstalling
since those programs usually do not enter information to the registry.
The machine will automatically startup to a boot menu. You'll see
boot items for XP and 98. By selecting XP as the default OS, it will
start automatically unless you tell it otherwise. This is controlled
from a system file called "boot.ini".
>3. Can I later "simply" delete 98 from Drive C and boot up as though E were
>C , if you get my drift!
Yes you can, but here's where you have to be careful. Remember, XP
actually has its boot information on drive C along with essential
files needed. You can remove 98 later on but you need to be very
selective with what is removed or deleted. NEVER format drive C to
remove 98 since it will render XP dead in the water!
>
>All experiences greatfully received...
>
Have fun.
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