"Rick T" wrote in message
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*Vanguard* wrote:

Windows
9x/ME screws up the boot sector for Windows NT/2000/XP but only if you
use Microsoft's dual-boot where you install both within the same
partition.


I was under the impression (and have found from past experience) that
any type of Windows installation stomps all over the MBR.


I retro-fitted MS-DOS 7.10 to XP (by doing SYS C: with a 98se boot disk)
without having to touch the MBR. Shortly after that, I installed ME to XP by
running Setup, also without needing to touch the MBR afterwards. Of course,
I already had Boot Magic handling it. IOW, with BM (or other) as boot
manager you can retrofit 9x to the XP partition easily.

Shane