Re: partitioning the hard drive
From: Phillips (afn18721_at_afn.org)
Date: 07/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:21:44 -0400
First, did you try to run that program under XP making it backwards
compatible? Right click the executable (say, program.exe),
Properties/Compatibility/Run this program in compatibility mode for...
/Windows98.
Otherwise:
1. yes
2. no - they are registered in XP etc; if it's OfficeXP it would not run
under W98 anyway.
3. no
4. 1,2,3.
Depending how full your HDD is, you might use some partitioning utility to
create a new partition "on the fly" but it might not work and let you
without any bootable OS. You'll have to format and partition the drive, then
make it dual boot with XP and W98. Most any program you want to run under
W98 must be installed on the W98 parition.
Try to think another solution:
MSVirtual Machine (about $125, free to try), or anything similar, would
allow you to run any OS on top of XP.
An external, bootable HDD/USB Drive with W98 would do as well.
Michael
"Laurie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:547f01c47421$e602ea30$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I had a question for you guys about partitioning the hard
> drive. I have Window XP installed on my lap-top and i
> want to use a software that only runs on windows 98. the
> company recommends paritioning the hard drive. do any of
> you know about the procdeure. from what ive heard it
> sounds realtively simple, but i wanted to find out a few
> things first:
>
> 1) Will partitioning the hard drive corrupt or ruin or
> delete any of the programs and data that i already have on
> my hard drive from work with window XP
>
> 2) When your hard drive is paritioned and you long in with
> window 98 instead of xp, can you still use the same office
> programs that are installed in windows XP, or do you have
> to install those again. also can you access data that was
> created in XP. basically when you partition the hard
> drive does it act like two totally different hard drives
> that are not connected or like one that is being accessed
> in two different ways
>
> 3) can you reccomend any website or place i could visit to
> learn more about the details of this procedure
>
> 4) is there any reason you would recommend that i not go
> ahead with this procedure?
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