Re: Win98 vs. WinME
From: Richard G. Harper (rgharper_at_email.com)
Date: 05/12/04
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Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 07:02:38 -0400
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-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Art" <smileart@spamyou.net> wrote in message news:eIE8mDAOEHA.3744@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... Thanks for the information. Does Microsoft have a release date for XP SP2? "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message news:%23WNgJN$NEHA.640@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... : SP2 is in beta but it is currently available to the public. As with any : beta, public or not, caution should be used if you intend to install it, you : should be well backed up and it is not recommended for production machines. : In other words, machines required for daily use. : : -- : Michael Solomon MS-MVP : Windows Shell/User : Backup is a PC User's Best Friend : DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ : : "Art" <smileart@spamyou.net> wrote in message : news:uXEzs5%23NEHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... : I thought XP Pro. SP2 had not been released yet or is this just a beta : version? : : "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message : news:uWwOzS7NEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... : : OG : : : : Some comments. I also used PCTools and then Norton Utilities back in the : days : : of DOS. As for their CrashGuard you're quite correct this was more of a : crash : : creator than preventer. : : : : Boot Magic. I still have Boot Magic running here on two systems, one : triple : : booting 98SE, Win Me and XP Pro SP2 (all partitions are FAT32), the other : XP : : Pro SP1 and XP Pro SP2. The advantage of Boot Magic over say Win2K/XP's : boot : : manager, is, IMO, the ability to totally hide the partitions with the : other : : operating systems AND to be able to change those systems, including : installing : : new systems or restoring images without having to make any changes other : than : : to sometimes recreate the MBR. Something not necessarily as easy to do : with : : W2K/XP's boot manager. : : : : I am now moving to BootItNG and installing this on the first cylinder. : The : : advantage here is that although I am now limited to just the two OS : partitions : : (unless I wish to go out of standard, BootItNG can handle umpteen, at : least : : 20), I can clone XP systems from one partition to another partition then : using : : BootItNG alter the partition table so that the cloned XP system still : thinks : : its in the same slot in the partition table. This is very useful when : : testing. Currently I have BING on just one system booting between XP Pro : SP1 : : and Windows Server 2003. : : : : As for advice as to the best way to multi-boot, the best way to proceed : and : : the pitfalls to avoid, I'm probably the last one to ask. That is unless : you : : want to know some of the many pits into which it is possible to fall : during : : the learning process. :-) : : : : Regards, : : -- : : Mike M : : : : : : Old Geezer <nowhere@all.net> wrote: : : : : > Thanks, Mike. Your opinion is good enough for me. : : > : : > I used to use Norton Utilities back when it was just DOS, and liked it. : : > Then when the first Windows versions came along Norton seemed to me to : be : : > a disaster, caused far more problems than it fixed. That early version : of : : > Norton Anti-Virus discovered loads of "viruses" on my system, not one of : : > which I believe was an actual virus. (Many identified as "viruses" were : my : : > own Word documents.) And I'm convinced their anti-crash program, : whatever : : > it was called (evidently they dropped it a few years ago), actually : : > caused a lot of crashes and I doubt it stopped any. So I stopped using : : > Norton for quite a while. : : > : : > Then I started using Norton SystemWorks a few years ago, it seemed to be : : > all right, and I figured they had gotten rid of all the problems. : : > However, it never did keep my systems running smoothly and trouble-free : : > as claimed, and your remarks here now have me thinking I might have been : : > better off without it. : : > : : > Interesting too about Partitition Magic. I wasn't aware that they'd been : : > acquired by Symantec. The latest version of that I have is 6.0, when it : : > was still a PowerQuest product. : : > : : > Speaking of which, what's your opinion of Boot Magic? I've set up a : couple : : > of dual-boot systems (Win98 and Win2000), one with BM and the other just : : > using Microsoft's Win2000 installation after Win98. I'm not sure what BM : : > did for me that the plain dual installation didn't, but maybe I'm : missing : : > something, or maybe I wasn't in a situation where it would have a : benefit. : : > AM I missing something, i.e., does a boot manager serve a useful : purpose? : : > I'm thinking of trying another dual-boot system (for one reason or : : > another I didn't like my first two attempts), this time using WinME and : : > Win2000. Any advice (or links) on the best way to go about doing this : : > would be appreciated. (I suspect I did something in not the best way the : : > other times.) : : : : : :
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