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A friend is getting a her PC upgraded (New 120Gb HD, Motherboard, CPU) and
needs to dual boot.
WinME is required to run a lot of software that WinXP will not handle
gracefully
The "shop" is reluctant to use third party partitioning software (Partition
Magic), but have said they will partition and install WinME and WinXP for
her.
If they use Win9x to FDISK to partition as she requires (All FAT32):
1. WinME - 20 Gb
2. WinXP - 30 Gb
3. Data - 70 Gb
Can WinME and WinXP be on "C" Drive (hidden from each other, like PM8 does)
?
(One of her 20 Gb hard drives will used as a second "D" drive)
What I have read, so far, indicates that not using third party partitioning
may result in :
C = WinME
E = WinXP
F = Data
D = 2nd Hard Drive (Backup/Data)
(If, C and E are not hidden from each other, using Windows Explorer could be
dangerous)
A friend is getting a her PC upgraded (New 120Gb HD, Motherboard, CPU) and
needs to dual boot.
WinME is required to run a lot of software that WinXP will not handle
gracefully
The "shop" is reluctant to use third party partitioning software (Partition
Magic), but have said they will partition and install WinME and WinXP for
her.
If they use Win9x to FDISK to partition as she requires (All FAT32):
1. WinME - 20 Gb
2. WinXP - 30 Gb
3. Data - 70 Gb
Can WinME and WinXP be on "C" Drive (hidden from each other, like PM8 does)
?
(One of her 20 Gb hard drives will used as a second "D" drive)
What I have read, so far, indicates that not using third party partitioning
may result in :
C = WinME
E = WinXP
F = Data
D = 2nd Hard Drive (Backup/Data)
(If, C and E are not hidden from each other, using Windows Explorer could be
dangerous)