Related topics

WinMe and Win98SE dual boot - steps required?
In this article, we'll walk you through the steps you can use to create a dual-boot system on a Windows 95 machine. Then, we'll show you how to .... EXE is required by your CD-ROM drive. Fortunately, Windows 95's version of MSCDEX is backward-compatible with previous versions of DOS. Altering Windows 95's MSDOS.

I want to migrate to Linux
Just remember some fine tuning of the Master Boot record may be required. -- sqr Overseer: alt.os.windows-xp -- "Pin" <emerba...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:fe5d9cd6.0307020852.222a71c8@posting.google.com... I want to create dual boot on my emachine with XP home edition to run 2000 Pro.

Win 2000 dual boot?
Some users report successes with various changes that influence the boot and logon timing, but these changes do not reliably solve the problem. ...... please click on Add new comment or on reply to reply to an existing comment (below, account required; if you don't have an account yet, create one first).

Oracle Idiosyncrasies
Use Windows' Fdisk & Format to create the partitions. o Install XP on an extended partition (FAT32) o (Try to) boot W98 I don't remember exactly, but maybe at that point you have to restore Boot Magic now (emergency disk). The C: partition which contains W98 must always be "visible" because it holds the required

error messages after creating dual-boot
If I dual boot I will be required to make WIN98SE accept 1GB of ram but that should be possible. I will reply to your other post later today with a list of apps for which I seek Linux equivalents. Thank you for your help. You should definitely up the RAM to at least 1G, preferably 2G which is what your motherboard

How to force Vista Boot Menu
I have a Win98-Linux dual boot system. Initially, I had one IDE disk and everything was working fine. But after adding a second IDE drive and trying some I've read something about putting a small FAT partition at the end to let Windows recognize some things, but shouldn't creating one FAT32 logical drive do the

[no subject]
The only way I know to do it at this point, since I have to have a "working" computer while I'm doing this (and due to my health it still takes me forever to do the simplest things) is to do a dual-boot (something else new to me). I'll also want to install only the OS (and not the other crap on the Dell disk) and

Apple vs Windows
(4) It would be nice (but not required) to create a second logical partition at this time for WinXP (a second logical drive, say X:), so I could keep my WinXP user or data file separate there. If I have a boot partition, a main WinXP partition, a Linux partition, and a Linux swap partition, then that makes 4

Dual Boot Question
DO NOT use Windows 98 to create the diskette, it will fail to boot XP if you do! format a: /u Copy these files from the root directory of the XP system partition to the diskette: boot.ini ntldr NTDETECT.COM These files will be required later on to do the actual dual boot setup. By default these files are hidden

Major Problem.....Master Boot Record F*cked!
Greetings all - I have a Gateway laptop that is currently configured as a dual-boot computer. The system came with WindowsXP installed on it. Also make sure you create the BM rescue diskettes. You will need them. You'll also need the PM rescue diskettes since it's safer to do the required partition management

how to create hard drive image
Reckons it can't create the EMBR. Looking forward to whatever is protected by your NDA! GlennMJ "Richard G. Harper" <rghar...@email.com> wrote in message Question: I want to install Win98SE to my D: and be able to dual boot between the two. Is it possible to do this, and if so can I then install my office

NT/98 dual boot
If you update an already running machine and the new driver causes you problems you can boot the older kernel, and see v1.87 of sys/dev/ciss/ciss.c in HEAD for how ...... -i This command has no impact if the hardware clock is set to UTC/GMT, but it is often not, especially if the system is dual boot with Windows.

Duel Boot Required
The key thing is formating the drive with DOS6.x or Caldera DOS [which comes with NW5.x, btw], create a DOS partition, install Netware, leave some unpartitioned space for Windows2000, then install Windows2000. The Dual boot is handled by NTLOADER -- Edison Ortiz Novell Support Connection SysOp (No Email Support,

WinME and XP Pro dual boot
When you install a dual-boot system, it's good to have at least one FAT32 partition for passing information between systems. Remember, FAT32 does not have the security and There is a little bit of set-up required, which is not done by default because some people have specific environments they want to set up.

Dual boot WFWG and Win 95
My aim is to dual boot XP with Windows Vista Beta 2. I want to create another separate primary partition for Vista Beta 2 and a additional partition or logical drive for my data. Also, I want to be able to access my data from both operating systems. I'm not too sure about doing this but I may attempt to carry out

Dual boot W98/XP - which XP version?
I'm not quite sure what you did, but if you were trying to use the PQ Magic boot manager, don't. It's not required in this situation. Install W2K from 98 and once In my sheer stupidity, I bought bought both Windows 2000 and Partition Magic and decided to go the dual boot route. I created a new Windows 2000

outlook 2000
_Boot dual remove xp_ Many changerooms include washrooms and showers. Boot dual remove xp Sometimes a high-quality knit top replaces the blouse; this is called an almuce. The tippet is not required. In contemporary Western fashion, tennis shirts are uniform, they usually come in at either side in imitation of early

I want to migrate to Linux
Fortunately that particular person has a dual boot system with XP. And guess what OS he uses? XP! He boots to vista from time to time just so he can say that he didnt waste all that money for nothing.... He told me.. "it was a bad buy.... vista isnt worth it." I remained silent so I would not hurt his feelings by

freebsd-amd64 Digest, Vol 246, Issue 2
To do this, create a file from the DOS <edithlp.htm> command. Below are the steps required in generating this file. Edit <edithlp.htm> fdisk.scr - This will place you .... Is there a way I can force the boot menu to show or am I going to have to install a second OS just to make Vista think I have a dual-boot PC?

HUGE PROBLEM! FDISK!
... two drives are required, each one being initially set up with the other disconnected.. once that both drives are in running order, connect both. Hi, Is there a way to create a dual boot laptop that gives me a choice of which OS I want to load. I still have programs that only work with XP.