Dual-boot question

**Snake785** · March 1st, 2002

I was reading a guide to making a multiboot system and it said that they recommend installing win98 on C: and win2k on D:. Does it REALLY matter? I'm asking because I already have my partitions set and I have 4 GB for Win2k and 1GB for Win98. I can't really resize the partitions cause i have some stuff on another partition and I can't risk resizing the partitions. I want to know if it will work if I install 98 in D: and 2k on C:. I will install 98 first then 2k but I want to use the drive I said before. Can anyone help me out? Thanks a lot!

**Bgnome** · March 1st, 2002

win9x doesnt like it if you dont install it to the primary partition. you can use pm7.0 to change the name of the partition

**Snake785** · March 2nd, 2002

Are you telling me that it will not work if I do install it on D: cause a while back I did screw things up and installed 98 on D drive and it worked fine. I'm really confused right now as what i should do.

**Shiori** · March 2nd, 2002

I remember installing Win98 on D:\Windows too, and it worked fine for a month or so til I decided to reinstall again.

**Snake785** · March 2nd, 2002

Why did you reinstall it?

**Shiori** · March 2nd, 2002

...because I upgraded to WinME for a while.

**Kane** · March 2nd, 2002

/Kane brings out the beating stick
I do hope you reverted to 98SE, or installed XP.

**Snake785** · March 2nd, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
...because I upgraded to WinME for a while.

That explains it.

Pestilence3 · March 3rd, 2002

I have a friend who has a Win ME. So, he plans to install WinXP on his pc but wait, don't Win ME doesn't have DOS or something? And I saw how his pc boots. after the pc is on, it shows the logo of the company that he bought his pc(branded pc actually) and that straightaway into the Win ME. I thought any PCs would show the table of infos(RAM, clock speed) and what are being loaded to the system. :confused:

Ok, my question is(for those who don't understand what the hell am I'm saying above

)
Can Win ME install Win Xp? Thanks for some explanations

**Kane** · March 3rd, 2002

Yes it can. WinME was an attempt at removing the DOS layer from the 9X kernel, but it failed quite badly. WinXP can be installed by putting the CD in the drive while in ME, and doing an upgd.

Jonys · March 3rd, 2002

If u install WinXP in a ME OS it will upgrade it i think....but if u install ME again after upgrading...your PC will show a dual boot screen after turnig it on....so u can choose wich OS u will use....

**Snake785** · March 3rd, 2002

I thought you couldn't do that with those types of PCs. :confused:

ready2rumbel · March 8th, 2002

To answer your question 'Snake785', if you still wanna know, YES, you can install Win 98 on the D: because all the important files like 'Autoexec.bat' or 'Config.sys' are placed on the C:, so you can, and it 'doesn't' matter which order you install in. Hope that helps.

Mike

**Snake785** · March 9th, 2002

Well, thank's a lot for the help. I got a Multiboot running very nicely right now.

All I need to do now is make some tweaks to Windows 2000 so I can get it running as fast as I can get to run.

March 1st, 2002	#1 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Dual-boot question I was reading a guide to making a multiboot system and it said that they recommend installing win98 on C: and win2k on D:. Does it REALLY matter? I'm asking because I already have my partitions set and I have 4 GB for Win2k and 1GB for Win98. I can't really resize the partitions cause i have some stuff on another partition and I can't risk resizing the partitions. I want to know if it will work if I install 98 in D: and 2k on C:. I will install 98 first then 2k but I want to use the drive I said before. Can anyone help me out? Thanks a lot!

March 1st, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Bgnome Who Da Gnome? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: At Home Posts: 2,441	win9x doesnt like it if you dont install it to the primary partition. you can use pm7.0 to change the name of the partition __________________ May the Gnome™ be With You

March 2nd, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	I remember installing Win98 on D:\Windows too, and it worked fine for a month or so til I decided to reinstall again. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

March 2nd, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Shiori :3 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Seoul, South Korea Posts: 10,116	...because I upgraded to WinME for a while. __________________ "...And when I finally meet you again, I want to ask you - have you found what you were looking for? Because that's what I felt you were doing, all these years. And I want to hear you answer, "Yes, I have, thank you for asking," and we'll be together again, until the end of our days..."

March 2nd, 2002	#7 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	/Kane brings out the beating stick I do hope you reverted to 98SE, or installed XP. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 2nd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Are you telling me that it will not work if I do install it on D: cause a while back I did screw things up and installed 98 on D drive and it worked fine. I'm really confused right now as what i should do.

March 2nd, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Why did you reinstall it?

March 3rd, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Pestilence3 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Malaysia Posts: 236	I have a friend who has a Win ME. So, he plans to install WinXP on his pc but wait, don't Win ME doesn't have DOS or something? And I saw how his pc boots. after the pc is on, it shows the logo of the company that he bought his pc(branded pc actually) and that straightaway into the Win ME. I thought any PCs would show the table of infos(RAM, clock speed) and what are being loaded to the system. :confused: Ok, my question is(for those who don't understand what the hell am I'm saying above ) Can Win ME install Win Xp? Thanks for some explanations __________________ My PC Spec for the next 2 years or more Intel Celeron 1000Mhz 512MB SDRAM Kingston Brand Geforce 2 MX 32MB Creative Vibra 128 PCI Soundcard 40.9 GB Maxtor 7200rpm HD 16x Aopen DVDrom, 8x/4x/32x Sony CDWriter Rockfire USB-PSX adapter + DualShock 2 pad :thumbup: WinXP Pro + Win98SE PS2 rocks! Games currently played: Gran Turismo 3

March 3rd, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Yes it can. WinME was an attempt at removing the DOS layer from the 9X kernel, but it failed quite badly. WinXP can be installed by putting the CD in the drive while in ME, and doing an upgd. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

March 3rd, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Jonys Not Invited Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Time Vortex Posts: 1,063	If u install WinXP in a ME OS it will upgrade it i think....but if u install ME again after upgrading...your PC will show a dual boot screen after turnig it on....so u can choose wich OS u will use.... __________________ I'm NoThInG ThAt I CaNnOt SaY "It is the nature that gives us our boundaries and nature that enforces them" - Eladamri, Lord of Leaves - ..::AGP::.. Web Community - Anime and Game Players - Web Community [sig=134] Come to AGP Black - Green (((AGP))) ...:::Black-Green:::...

March 3rd, 2002	#12 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	I thought you couldn't do that with those types of PCs. :confused:

March 8th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
ready2rumbel Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 38	To answer your question 'Snake785', if you still wanna know, YES, you can install Win 98 on the D: because all the important files like 'Autoexec.bat' or 'Config.sys' are placed on the C:, so you can, and it 'doesn't' matter which order you install in. Hope that helps. Mike __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1600+ (@1400Mhz) 384 MB SDRAM ATi Radeon 64MB VIVO Soundblaster Live! Value 20GB Samsung Hardisk 16x/40x Pioneer DVD-Drive (Slot) Klutzon

March 9th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
Snake785 Prepare for Descent... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 2,615	Well, thank's a lot for the help. I got a Multiboot running very nicely right now. All I need to do now is make some tweaks to Windows 2000 so I can get it running as fast as I can get to run. __________________ My Computer specs: Pentium 4 2.6Ghz 512 MB of RAM Geforce FX 5700 128 MB Windows XP SP1 Click here for Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting

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