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Installing WinXP on a disk partition
Could someone help me with the sequence for installing WinXP prof.
I am running a Pentium 2 350MHz With WIn98. 8.2GB hard drive. I would like to keep Win98 and all of the programmes I run on it. I have so far created a second primary partition of 4GB using Acronis Partition Expert. No problem so far. Now, how do I go about installing WinXP Professional on this new partition and be able to choose on boot-up which systen to boot into. Thanks in advance BP |
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Installing WinXP on a disk partition
When I did it I just put in the XP CD and directed it to install to the
drive I had made for it. After that, at boot ,you should get a window asking what OS you want to boot to. A Pent.2 CPU would indicate an older MB. It may not work with XP. An 8gig HD is a little small for a dual boot system. But it should work. I would be worried about the older MB not being compatable with XP. There is a compatability test on the XP CD. You may want to run that first. If it works. Good Luck. Hope this helps? "Bob" wrote: Could someone help me with the sequence for installing WinXP prof. I am running a Pentium 2 350MHz With WIn98. 8.2GB hard drive. I would like to keep Win98 and all of the programmes I run on it. I have so far created a second primary partition of 4GB using Acronis Partition Expert. No problem so far. Now, how do I go about installing WinXP Professional on this new partition and be able to choose on boot-up which systen to boot into. Thanks in advance BP |
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Installing WinXP on a disk partition
Boot the XP CD and choose that partition when prompted. Btw, the XP install
already provides its own partition manager, so using third party apps for this purpose is unnecessary. Jim "Bob" wrote in message ... Could someone help me with the sequence for installing WinXP prof. I am running a Pentium 2 350MHz With WIn98. 8.2GB hard drive. I would like to keep Win98 and all of the programmes I run on it. I have so far created a second primary partition of 4GB using Acronis Partition Expert. No problem so far. Now, how do I go about installing WinXP Professional on this new partition and be able to choose on boot-up which systen to boot into. Thanks in advance BP |
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Installing WinXP on a disk partition
"Jim" wrote:
Boot the XP CD and choose that partition when prompted. Btw, the XP install already provides its own partition manager, so using third party apps for this purpose is unnecessary. There are a number of reasons why a third party boot manager program may be preferable to the one that comes with Windows. My own reasons for doing so include: 1. The ability to hide non-booting operating system partitions. This is especially valuable when booting more than one version of Windows, as there will normally be a \Windows and a \Program Files folder on each partition. It is not difficult for files to end up on the wrong partition (e.g. D:\Windows instead of C:\Windows or vice-versa) thereby causing problems. Hiding the other operating system partitions reduces this risk. 2. Drive letter consistency. With a third party boot manager, and by using the partition hiding functions that these contain, you can ensure that your drive letters are always consistent, not matter which version of Windows you boot. Thus on my own computer, when I had 3 versions of Windows installed (98SE, Me, and XP) the booted version of Windows was always drive C: (and the other two operating system partitions were hidden). Hope this explains the situation. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca |
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Installing WinXP on a disk partition
If you want to just run XP, no apps or anything else for that matter, fine.
Minimum system requirements are for just that. MS got their money, they don't care. -- Lil' Dave Beware the rule quoters, the corp mindset, the Borg Else you will be absorbed "Bob" wrote in message ... Could someone help me with the sequence for installing WinXP prof. I am running a Pentium 2 350MHz With WIn98. 8.2GB hard drive. I would like to keep Win98 and all of the programmes I run on it. I have so far created a second primary partition of 4GB using Acronis Partition Expert. No problem so far. Now, how do I go about installing WinXP Professional on this new partition and be able to choose on boot-up which systen to boot into. Thanks in advance BP |
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