Partitioning OEM op system

Good evening,

If I buy a new Dell, or other factory computer, will I be able to
repartition the hard drive to mount a Win ME op system? This would allow me
to run some old flight simulators that may not have XP drivers.

Joe

Yes and no. If you intend using XP's boot manager adding Win Me to an
existing XP system isn't particularly easy unlike adding XP to a Win Me
system which is fairly trivial. If however you use a third party boot
manager such as BootIt NG then you should have no problem in altering the
size of the existing partitions, adding a new partition and installing Win
Me so that you can multi-boot between Win Me and XP.

For details of BING see www.terabyteunlimited.com
--
Mike Maltby


Joe wrote:

Good evening,

If I buy a new Dell, or other factory computer, will I be able to
repartition the hard drive to mount a Win ME op system? This would
allow me to run some old flight simulators that may not have XP
drivers.

Joe

"Joe" wrote:

Good evening,

If I buy a new Dell, or other factory computer, will I be able to
repartition the hard drive to mount a Win ME op system? This would allow me
to run some old flight simulators that may not have XP drivers.

Joe


Making changes like these to the hard drive and operating system could
be enough to void your warranty.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

Thanks, Mike. BootIt NG seems the way to go.

Joe

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Yes and no. If you intend using XP's boot manager adding Win Me to an
existing XP system isn't particularly easy unlike adding XP to a Win Me
system which is fairly trivial. If however you use a third party boot
manager such as BootIt NG then you should have no problem in altering the
size of the existing partitions, adding a new partition and installing Win
Me so that you can multi-boot between Win Me and XP.

For details of BING see www.terabyteunlimited.com
--
Mike Maltby


Joe wrote:

Good evening,

If I buy a new Dell, or other factory computer, will I be able to
repartition the hard drive to mount a Win ME op system? This would
allow me to run some old flight simulators that may not have XP
drivers.

Joe

Thanks, Ron. But why?! It seems that the worst you could do would be fixed
by running the recovery disk. Why would the manufacturer care?

Joe

"Ron Martell" wrote in message
...

Making changes like these to the hard drive and operating system could
be enough to void your warranty.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

Joe wrote:

Thanks, Mike. BootIt NG seems the way to go.

Joe,

As you might have guessed BootIt NG is what I use. I previously used
BootMagic (part of Partition Magic) from PowerQuest (since acquired by
Symantec) but moved to using BING around the time that Win Me was launched
in 2000.
--
Mike Maltby