Re: Dual boot vs dual hard drives?
- From: "Richard" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:51:03 -0800
Thanks for your reply Len. Yes I have set it up under Win95 compatibility
settings, but the program is Dos-era and for some reason, many of the
functions that need "extended memory" are not able to work under WinXP.
(Sadly, this is becoming a real problem because historical data will be of no
use as time passes unless the programs that read them are continuously
upgraded with the OS upgrades. Many of those companies have been put out of
business like the one that designed the CAD program I have. My wife is a
librarian, and my sister is a historian, and both complain about the
inability to access old data as the programs disappear or as the storage
medium disintegrates. Some books have lasted thousands of years, but
electronic data will be lucky to last a half century.)
"Len Segal" wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Personally I do NOT like dual boot systems, since if you have a problem
> (corruption, etc.) in one OS, it can adversely affect the other one also and
> T/S problems gets a lot more complicated than it needs to be. Many will
> disagree with me here, but I've BTDT and then decided to take an alternative
> course of action.
>
> I have a few systems (used for testing) with removable HDD trays. This way I
> have one OS/drive and just remove the drive, insert the other one and boot
> up. Some of the best removable trays are made by CRU, Inc. and you can find
> them in some of the bigger computer stores.
> http://www.cruinc.com/
>
> Thus you can have your WinXP system for most things and separately a system
> with Win98 and your CAD program.
>
> Is it safe to assume that you've tried WinXP's Compatibility settings tab
> for the CAD program under WinXP and found that it didn't work properly for
> you? If you haven't tried this first, that would be my first recommendation
> (rather than using dual drives/OS).
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Len Segal, MCP
> Microsoft - MVP
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> "Richard" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >I have a Dos CAD program that I can't afford to upgrade ($2500) to be
> > compatible with WinXP (most of the features like zoom that need extended
> > memory, do not work in the WinXP Command Prompt screen/shell). It worked
> > fine on our Win95 machine until a couple weeks ago when the Win95
> > explorer.exe crashed - going into a continuous loop and that pushed the
> > old
> > harddrive over the edge. That old computer is not worth spending time on.
> > Also, I have a non-Dell harddrive with Win98 installed (Yes I still have
> > the
> > disk) from another computer whose motherboard burnt out.
> > Last Jan, our new WinXP computer harddrive crashed and Dell replaced it,
> > but
> > it took me more than a week to get back up to speed with all the program
> > rebooting and updates etc. that has to be done when a HD crashes. So, I
> > hesitate to start over by putting Win98 on first and then rebooting WinXP
> > after, and I thought that I would just install the Win98 HD as a second
> > drive. That is how I got here to this forum, but after reading off and on
> > for
> > this past weekend, I am more confused than ever over which way to approach
> > this. So, my question to you experts (remembering that I am not) is:
> > "Which
> > is the better (meaning easier, less-problem producing, least
> > time-consuming,
> > less complicated for an ignorant person) method of getting my CAD program
> > to
> > function.
> > 1. Sticking with one HD and going thru the whole double rebooting
> > process?
> > (If so, would one of you direct me to a step-by-step procedure. Thank
> > you.)
> > 2. Installing the Win98 HD as is hoping WinXP's New Hardware Installer
> > can
> > handle the 2nd HD without a driver (I'm sure the driver is on that 2nd HD
> > somewhere!) [OK, maybe I can locate the manufacturer on the web and
> > download
> > a driver.]
> > 3. Some other solution that you experts know about that would be better.
> > 4. Tell me to go to the Dell user forum and stop bothering you.
> > Thanks in advance for all your time and good knowledge. R-
>
>
>
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