how exactly does the dual boot work with win2000...I assumed that it would do separate partitions on the drive but that does not appear to be correct as there are not different drive letters....
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how exactly does the dual boot work with win2000...I assumed that it would do separate partitions on the drive but that does not appear to be correct as there are not different drive letters....
one harddrive can be partitioned in to several part so that the computer thinks there is more than one harddrive...
i have two harddrives one 6.5 gig divided in to 2 partitions and a 15 gig partition divided in to 3 partitions...
windows98se in C: and Windows2000 in D:
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I understand partioning pretty well my question is based on dual booting win2000 with win9x on a single harddrive...it does not appear to have repartitioned the drive as are not separate drive letters for the win9x and win2000 sides of the drives and I can access all files on C:\ from either OS...
As I understand it, you have to install win2k last, and during the installation (clean install I think), you get the option to select where you want the OS to be installed to - otherwise it will install it to the default location of C.
The hard drive must be partitioned before the installation. Otherwise it will be installed on the same drive as the other OS. This can cause a lot of problems. I'd suggest wiping the drive and creating two partitions. Install Win98 on C:\ and Win2k on D:\.
I agree with last post. The two different OS's should have separate registrys, hence you need to make two partitions on your own. The first partition for 98, and the second for win2k. Otherwise you are asking for "big trouble.. in little China".
[This message has been edited by Butch3r (edited 04-11-2001).]