Re: Re: Re: Re: Dualboot between xp and 98se

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry


"ianw1974" <UseLinkToEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Ron Sommer" wrote:
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:OE$FyJZXFHA.2664@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > snipped
> >
> > &nbsp;>> You are assuming that having Win98 before XP is bad
> > news if you are
> > &nbsp;>> moving the partition.
> > &nbsp;>>
> > &nbsp;>> If you read, it said reinstalling XP after Win98,
> > therefore the drives
> > &nbsp;>> problem would not be an issue.
> > &nbsp;>>
> > &nbsp;>> If you used Partition Magic, it goes through the
> > registry to resolve
> > &nbsp;>> any drive letter issues, and therefore doesn't become
> > a problem.
> > >
> > > Interesting. Unfortunately I do not have a recent copy of
> > PQMagic
> > > but I wonder if someone could independently confirm that it
> > is
> > > capable of doing this.
> > >
> > >
> > Changing drive references in the Registry is NOT listed as a
> > key feature on
> > the Web site.
> > --
> > Ron Sommer
>
> A colleague and friend of mine uses it, and has had no problems
> whatsoever. It changes the registry too so everything matches fine.

This is the stuff that myths are spun with: "A friend of mine . . .",
without
having any first-hand knowledge of what exactly the original setup
was and what precisely your friend did.

I remain to be convinced, either by a first-hand report from an
experienced person who has done it himself, or by a promotional
statement from the PQMagic people.


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