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I have been following the thread called "Dual Boot" from Feb 19, 2005 and
have read the various Microsoft articles mentioned there.
I also plan to dual boot Me and XP and have never done this before. My
question is about the types and sizes of DOS partitions. Please tell me how
to configure the partitions so that Me, rather than XP, is the default
operating system.
I need to divide 120GB up into parts. Currently, Me is installed and
configured. The OS and installed apps are the only thing on this drive. All
data files and personal files are on a separate hard drive because they are
irreplaceable. Each program needs to be installed twice, once on each OS.
Programs that won't work on Me and only on XP will just be installed on XP,
of course.
Shared files for both operating systems will include the zips and exe setup
files for drivers, programs, email store folders, and minimal backups.
What is the best way to divide up the 120GB? I want to leave enough room for
large installations for each OS, such as Office, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop
Elements, PhotoImpact, Acrobat, etc. These larger apps are not yet installed
on Me. So far 13GB out of 120 (or rather 114) is used.
Is 40GB enough for each OS? Remember, this is operating system and installed
apps only. All irreplaceable data is also stored elsewhere on a separate
hard drive, an some will be in the shared files area.
WinMe is a Primary DOS Partition, but I'm not sure whether XP would be a
Primary DOS Partition or an Extended DOS Partition. The shared files would
be an Extended DOS Partition.
Here is my first option. Is this enough space for each OS? If I could get
away with 30GB per OS and give more space to the shared files, I'd rather do
that. I am sure that 20GB would not be large enough.
WinMe - Primary (40GB) FAT32
WinXP - Primary or Extended? (40GB) FAT32
Shared Files - Extended (40GB) FAT32
All partitions must be FAT32 for compatibility with existing Win9x
peer-to-peer network.
I have been following the thread called "Dual Boot" from Feb 19, 2005 and
have read the various Microsoft articles mentioned there.
I also plan to dual boot Me and XP and have never done this before. My
question is about the types and sizes of DOS partitions. Please tell me how
to configure the partitions so that Me, rather than XP, is the default
operating system.
I need to divide 120GB up into parts. Currently, Me is installed and
configured. The OS and installed apps are the only thing on this drive. All
data files and personal files are on a separate hard drive because they are
irreplaceable. Each program needs to be installed twice, once on each OS.
Programs that won't work on Me and only on XP will just be installed on XP,
of course.
Shared files for both operating systems will include the zips and exe setup
files for drivers, programs, email store folders, and minimal backups.
What is the best way to divide up the 120GB? I want to leave enough room for
large installations for each OS, such as Office, Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop
Elements, PhotoImpact, Acrobat, etc. These larger apps are not yet installed
on Me. So far 13GB out of 120 (or rather 114) is used.
Is 40GB enough for each OS? Remember, this is operating system and installed
apps only. All irreplaceable data is also stored elsewhere on a separate
hard drive, an some will be in the shared files area.
WinMe is a Primary DOS Partition, but I'm not sure whether XP would be a
Primary DOS Partition or an Extended DOS Partition. The shared files would
be an Extended DOS Partition.
Here is my first option. Is this enough space for each OS? If I could get
away with 30GB per OS and give more space to the shared files, I'd rather do
that. I am sure that 20GB would not be large enough.
WinMe - Primary (40GB) FAT32
WinXP - Primary or Extended? (40GB) FAT32
Shared Files - Extended (40GB) FAT32
All partitions must be FAT32 for compatibility with existing Win9x
peer-to-peer network.