Windows ME and Windows 2000 dual boot [windows 2000 dual boot] [harddrive]
Q: I am trying to find out how my hard drive dual boot configuration with either Win98 or Win2000 and winME. I have a 30GB hard drive. How do I go about partitioning? What formats are the partitions? Also I want to run under Windows 2000 NTFS. And what size partitions are recommended. Also what would the procedure for loading this OS are as a first install? I will use Win2000 most of the time, but want an OS to play games to try.
Thanks
guy
Best Answer: It they are on entirely separate partitions, you can just format your partition with 2000 on it while in your XP.
No sweat, so long as you haven't installed ANYTHING onto your C: while using your XP install.
Make sure you are using the D:\boot.ini (that it exists) and not your C:\boot.ini.
Re:It will ask you what partition to install to when loading Win 2K. At that time you have the option of converting to NTFS. Keep in mind, when running in Win98 Mode, the NTFS partition will NOT be available.
Regards
Re:How do I set up NTFS? does it set up automatically when I install Windows 2000
Re:NTFS is the file system for NT based OSes (i.e. NT and 2000)
They are more secure, load apps faster, and fragment less than FAT32.
Re:How do I partition a harddrive as NTFS? and what is ntfs? is they a website explainging this?
Re:Thanks abra, I'll try that out. Is winME better that Win98?
guy
Re:listen to abracadabra, he knows what his talking about.
Re:just install winme on d…it will install system files needed on disk C so it can boot up.
then install win2k on e and you're set. win2k takes care of the dual-booting and os selection.
Re:partition your drive as follows:
384-968MB as your C drive to serve as swap file disk (FAT)
2GB Partition as D drive to serve as WinME OS disk (FAT)
2GB Partition as e to serve as your WIn2k os disk (ntfs)
5gb partition f to serve as winme apps/files/games disk (fat32)
5gb partition as g to serve as win2k apps/files/games disk (ntfs)
15GB (or whatever you have left) to serve as your storage or for future parititons (fat32)
Re:Install ME first then 2000. If you want to share a folder for both OSes, create a FAT/FAT32 partition.
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