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Name: XpUser
I've been reading many posts asking about the correct way to create dual boot (multi-boot) OS. There were too many inconsistencies. I believe this will set the record straight once for all.
MSKB Article 306559 / How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP (07/15/04)
1. File system does matter.
2. Install the operating systems in the following order:
a) MS-DOS
b) Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me
c) Windows NT
d) Windows 2000
e) Windows XP
Read the entire article carefully to achieve a perfect multi-booting OS for your computer.
i_XpUser
As for multi-booting with Windows 2000, there is another Microsoft article dedicated to making it work right:
Multibooting with Windows 2000 and Windows XP
i_XpUser
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While I respect your knowledge and opinion, there will always be people who for one reason or another want to set up multibooting after XP is already installed, without having to format and start over.
There is no "One size fits all" answer as there are any number of bootmanagers and tweaks that can be used to accomplish a working multiboot system.
What you have outlined is the simplest and perhaps "Ideal" setup but by no means is it the only workable solution.Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Richard59, Thanks.
I realized I'd be creating a debate here among some users. I just wanted to make sure we have the official word from M$ posted here in regard to the correct way of creating multi-booting OS.
To everyone else, let's not debate. Thanks
i_XpUser
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Ya left out Linux, and a few others.
According to this linkDual boot Windows XP and Red Hat Linux 7.3
Linux should be installed after Windows XP. Just be sure to (1) leave room for the Linux partition, and (2) do not format this partition with NTFS. READ EVERYTHING. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DO HERE AS YOU COULD CAUSE XP TO NO LONGER WORK.
My guess is Windows XP doesn't like to share with Linux. So, The only thing Microsoft cared to say about Linux is contained in this link
MSKB Article 314458 / How to Remove Linux and Install Windows XP
Now, what and a few others have i left out, name?
i_XpUser
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Well, I haven't tried it YET, because I don't have the newer version of Norton Ghost needed to copy X tra P utrid, yet.
I'm planning to install Suse, which I've done, earlier, on both '98 and '2000.
You can install it after, on an unpartitioned space left after the Whendox install.
I haven't got the guts to try it yet, without a backup of XPee
(you know, the activation thing? Momee, momee, can I use my computer now?)
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is it possible to use a dual boot with two seperate hard drives. like if i wanted ME on one and XP on the other? i read somewhere here that ME needs to be on the first drive (C:) and then install xp on the other (D:). but how can i get setup to resume after the first restart if it only has boot from C:?
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It doesn't matter whether XP is on a separate harddrive or just a second partition on a single drive. It knows what to do to set up a working dualboot. All the bootfiles end up on the C drive including those that start XP.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Hey name, my Ghost 2000 personal edition images Xp just fine, you don't need no new version. Actually Ghost 2003 is a piece of s__t that creates it's own primary partition if ran from within windows and puts a special stinking boot loader in there just for it! Messes with MBR ... big no-no. Where is Peter Norton ? He would never allow such nonsence. Wouldn't run on my machine cause all my primarys are taken.
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