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Name: Doctadoog
Date: July 12, 2003 at 12:25:43 Pacific
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: 64M celeron
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I have partitioned my D drive so that the d drive is for another OS, and the F drive is for the restore. Is there any way to make that the automatic thing so I can install on the d and not worry, or do I have to redo the partitions?



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Name: EsbWeb
Date: July 12, 2003 at 12:31:14 Pacific
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You would run into problems when u want to reinstall the OS on D - og mayby reinstall another...
The boot informations will always be put on drive C, even though you install the os on drive D - thats just the way it works - so when u remove the os on drive D, the boot info on Drive C still thinks that there is an OS on drive D!

And u dont have to redo the partitions - not that I know! If you have the OS you want running on drive C, then just install tht other OS on drive D - Wich OS's are we talking about on drive C and D?


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Name: doctadoog
Date: July 12, 2003 at 12:37:29 Pacific
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I'm have XP on C. It's gonna stay there. it also has access to D and F. I want to install DOS on D. I just want to have win31 on my computer along with XP. thats all. I partitioned D to 2 gigs and F to 3 gigs and everything, I just want to know if it will work succesfully and how to delete XP off my D or whatever I need to do.


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Name: EsbWeb
Date: July 12, 2003 at 12:44:33 Pacific
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I don't think you can put dos on a computer already running windows xp! Something to do with the boot informations or something!

Maybe it can be done - but i think it would requiere a lot of editing files, files that i would not like to edit - bootmaster files - think it could make all files on both drives wanish!! :D

and if you have to copies running of windows xp on your computer - and you get to chose at startup wich OS you want to run, then it would requiere a complet reinstall af both drive C and D - 90% sure of that!

Thats all that I can help you with!
Hope you can use it!

Greetings from Denmark
EsbWeb


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Response Number 4
Name: doctadoog
Date: July 12, 2003 at 12:47:18 Pacific
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thanks, I'll seek more help about deleting xp off my D, I really appreciate your help! I have a boot manager program that might help, I hope. I'll check the other forums...


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Response Number 5
Name: asger
Date: July 12, 2003 at 13:21:16 Pacific
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If your HD is FAT32 yóu can easily run DOS just make a DOS-disc from the util. and boot up with it, or if it is small dos-commands, simply run command.com



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Response Number 6
Name: doctadoog
Date: July 12, 2003 at 13:33:33 Pacific
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I kinda wanted win3.1 over dos...


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