Win98SE & 2000 on same HHD

I just installed Win2000Pro onto a partition (25GB) on my main HDD (120GB) that
also has Win98SE on it.
Win98SE is on the C:\drive and Win2000Pro is on the i drive.
I formatted the Win2000Pro partition to the NTFS format while 98 and the others
are still FAT32.
Was that a mistake? Seems that Win98SE cannot recognize the new system but 2000
can see and access the 98 drives. I have no real problem with that, so far.

Two more questions:

I installed another copy on my anti-virus on the new 2000Pro and I also
installed another copy of AdAware and SpywareBlaster on the new 2000 partition.
Is it necessary or advisable to have two copies of the same antivirus on one HDD
containing both SE and Win2000Pro system?
Do I also have to install another ZAPro on the new system? ( believe I do )
Would there have been a better way to do it while utilizing only one HDD?

Thanks,
Buffalo

PS:I can start over with the Win2000 system since I don't have that much on it
yet (the updates did take quite awhile though).

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Buffalo wrote:

I just installed Win2000Pro onto a partition (25GB) on my main HDD (120GB) that
also has Win98SE on it.
Win98SE is on the C:\drive and Win2000Pro is on the i drive.
I formatted the Win2000Pro partition to the NTFS format while 98 and the others
are still FAT32.
Was that a mistake? Seems that Win98SE cannot recognize the new system but 2000
can see and access the 98 drives. I have no real problem with that, so far.

No, that wasn't a mistake. If you want to use Windows 2000 to its
fullest capabilities it should be installed on NTFS. Windows 9x cannot
read NTFS files system so that is why it can't see the Windows 2000
installation. For its part Windows 2000 can read FAT, FAT32 and NTFS so
that is why it can see the Windows 98 installation. Other than data you
cannot really share anything between the two operating systems so it
doesn't matter that Windows 98 cannot see Windows 2000. As implied
earlier if you want to share data files between the operating systems
the common data will have to be stored on a FAT32 volume.


Two more questions:

I installed another copy on my anti-virus on the new 2000Pro and I also
installed another copy of AdAware and SpywareBlaster on the new 2000 partition.
Is it necessary or advisable to have two copies of the same antivirus on one HDD
containing both SE and Win2000Pro system?

That is the only way it can be done. You have to install the software
on each Operating System. As you already know about software
installation and the Windows registry if you think about it a bit it
becomes clear that the applications have to be installed on each
operating system to function properly. Also, sharing the Program Files
and other such folders between the operating systems is not recommended.


Do I also have to install another ZAPro on the new system? ( believe I do )
Would there have been a better way to do it while utilizing only one HDD?

As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John

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Buffalo wrote:

I just installed Win2000Pro onto a partition (25GB) on my main HDD (120GB) that
also has Win98SE on it.
Win98SE is on the C:\drive and Win2000Pro is on the i drive.
I formatted the Win2000Pro partition to the NTFS format while 98 and the others
are still FAT32.
Was that a mistake? Seems that Win98SE cannot recognize the new system but 2000
can see and access the 98 drives. I have no real problem with that, so far.

No, that wasn't a mistake. If you want to use Windows 2000 to its
fullest capabilities it should be installed on NTFS. Windows 9x cannot
read NTFS files system so that is why it can't see the Windows 2000
installation. For its part Windows 2000 can read FAT, FAT32 and NTFS so
that is why it can see the Windows 98 installation. Other than data you
cannot really share anything between the two operating systems so it
doesn't matter that Windows 98 cannot see Windows 2000. As implied
earlier if you want to share data files between the operating systems
the common data will have to be stored on a FAT32 volume.


Two more questions:

I installed another copy on my anti-virus on the new 2000Pro and I also
installed another copy of AdAware and SpywareBlaster on the new 2000 partition.
Is it necessary or advisable to have two copies of the same antivirus on one HDD
containing both SE and Win2000Pro system?

That is the only way it can be done. You have to install the software
on each Operating System. As you already know about software
installation and the Windows registry if you think about it a bit it
becomes clear that the applications have to be installed on each
operating system to function properly. Also, sharing the Program Files
and other such folders between the operating systems is not recommended.


Do I also have to install another ZAPro on the new system? ( believe I do )
Would there have been a better way to do it while utilizing only one HDD?

As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John

"John John" wrote in message
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As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John


I thought that was the answer, but since I never had a dual boot, I just wanted
to be sure.
Thanks for your input.
Buffalo

"John John" wrote in message
...
In-line:

As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John


I thought that was the answer, but since I never had a dual boot, I just wanted
to be sure.
Thanks for your input.
Buffalo

You're Welcome.

John

Buffalo wrote:

"John John" wrote in message
...

In-line:

As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John



I thought that was the answer, but since I never had a dual boot, I just wanted
to be sure.
Thanks for your input.
Buffalo

You're Welcome.

John

Buffalo wrote:

"John John" wrote in message
...

In-line:

As mentioned earlier, you have to install programs for each operating
system, so you have to install ZA again for it to work properly with
Windows 2000, there is no other way to do this.

John



I thought that was the answer, but since I never had a dual boot, I just wanted
to be sure.
Thanks for your input.
Buffalo