Re: Quick dual boot question

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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:49:09 -0500, "Manny Borges"
<manny_borges@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Two words - Virtual PC.

Don't play with dual boot, it is just a waste of time.

The reason some of us choose to go with dual boot and 98 /
XP is that there are still some of us who want to run 98 /
95 compatible s/w that doesn't run on XP.

I have set up a computer for my son. I had 98 and I had XP,
and I was given a BOX full of educational software from
Algebra to Calculus that was 95-compatible. I am
retired/fully disabled and living on Social Security, so I
have to go with what I can afford.

Rather than trying to buy him several THOUSAND dollars worth
of educational software that was XP-compatible, the rational
approach was to set up a dual-boot PC for him.

Tallahassee



If you insist on not following my advice (as I would expect any real techy
geek would not):

Make you system partition at least 3 GB if installing 98 (why you would want
98, i do not know). Then devote the rest to your extended partition and
logical drive. You will need to prepartition and format with fat32 in this
case.

If you choose 2000 as the first OS make sure your system partition is at
least 4 GB. No prep is needed on the drive, just follow the monkey steps and
all will be made clear.

But, really, just use a virtual PC program. I know you might just want to do
it. So go ahead. Then if you find a reason it was useful let me know (other
than just so you could say you did it). I have only ever run into one
instance where a multibooting system was a good thing.

Sorry I am so cynical and negative, but this is just such an old horse and
its been beat to death so many times.

.

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