Re: Can I set up dual boot this way

From: GTT (gthorley_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 15:55:20 GMT

You mention the upgrade option. I wouldn't use this if I chose to set
up a new partion on my d; drive section for the XP system and use a
dual boot would I?

Is it better to have your program files set up on the xp systems
partion or on their own partition. I have noticed while using a
friends laptop with XP pro on it that when I am networked to my
computer I was unable to access the program files on the xp computer
even though we set up to share everything. I was able to access my
program files under 98 from the laptop. I wonder if when setting up a
computer with XP whether you are better to have at least 3 partions,
one for the system files, another for program files and another for
Documents and settings.

As I understand it if I was to allocate the approxiamately 30 g left
on my D to say 10 for the system partition and 15 for programs with
the balance for documents that software could change these partitions
if necessary in the future.

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:15:14 -0500, Sharon F <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org>
wrote:

>On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:29:46 GMT, GTT wrote:
>
>> "Are you wanting to get your feet wet with XP before committing
>> transforming the entire system to XP? Or do you need to maintain both
>> operating systems due to programs that will not run under XP?"
>>
>> I have many programs that I have collected over the years and some I
>> use but infrequently, many would be impossible to replace. I probably
>> have only a handle of install disks and these are the basic programs
>> such as Office. My goal is to get a comfy feeling that I won't lose
>> anything important by doing the switch. I am beginning to think that I
>> should just create a new partition and forget a new drive as I have
>> 28g space on the D: section.
>
>Running a separate partition of XP (on the same drive or different) will
>give you the insight to XP that you want. Remember that you can always drop
>in another drive later if space becomes a problem. I've seen some folks
>recommend 5 GB for an XP partition. Due to the size needed for temporary
>caching of some operations (installation of updates and software, cd
>burning, etc.), I prefer at least 10 and am most comfortable with 15. (My
>system images of my XP drive - a mature setup with many additions -
>typically fall in the 6GB area.) If you do run into any programs that won't
>migrate to XP, you're covered with the Win98 setup that you retained.
>
>Later if you decide to go 100% XP, you have several options available:
>removing Win98 and keeping the XP setup; upgrading Win98 and removing the
>XP setup; clean install - reinstall everything (this will be tricky if you
>don't have all of the install CDs for your programs).
>
>Although the upgrade option offers to save the previous operating system
>(to uninstall XP), it wouldn't hurt to create an image of your Win98 system
>if you happen to have an imaging program handy. This would give you an
>extra safety net to protect those programs that you don't want to lose. If
>something goes amiss, restore your Win98 image and no ground is lost.
>
>There is also a "check compatibility" option on the XP CD. Using this
>program makes no changes to the system and examines the setup for any
>potential problems -hardware and software. While not 100% inclusive, the
>report this tool generates is a valuable guideline for the prospect of
>migrating to XP only.
>
>FAT32 vs NTFS: You may want to leave everything as FAT32 until you are more
>familiar with XP and until you know what is ultimately needed for those
>wanted programs. If XP is going to stay installed and you decide that you
>want the extra security (and some argue stability, I agree) of NTFS, there
>is a conversion tool in XP that will change the file system over for you.

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