[dnb-prod] RE: : OT / W2k Dual-boot -->

[Callum]

If you are wanting to install win2k without having another version of windows installed prior, just put in your win2k cd in any machine, and look for something like bootdisk, or startupdisk, or bootedit (i cant remember the actual name, and i dont have my win2k cd at the moment sorry), but this will create a set of 4 boot disks, which will let you install win2k without any other OS installed.   Callum since you are using partition magic, you should also use bootmagic. what you want to do is create two primary partitions. a harddrive can only have one active primary partition at a time, so the boot magic is what sets the partition active at start. the active partition is what will show up as your windows "c:" drive. i think you can have up to 3 or 4 primary partitions on one drive, so you can boot up up to 4 different os's. keep in mind that when a primary partition is set innactive it is invisible to the os so you loose that entire space on the drive. if you want to share data between the two different os's you are  creating, create an extended partition with a logical partition inside it. this partition will be visible to all the os's (as long as it is formatted in a supported file system). so if you create a logical partition formatted in fat32, it will be visible to both windows boots, or a win98 boot of you choose to do so, as the "d:" drive. you can even view it in a linux boot if you mount it correctly. i've done this stuff a million times, so if you have questions email me private, i'll be happy to help. ayan -----Original Message----- From: part.muted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 January 2002 17:38 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] : OT / W2k Dual-boot --> What's the best way of having a dual boot W2k system..? The W2k version I have requires a previous version of Windows to be already installed - i.e. it won't install from the DOS prompt... I'll be using PM6... --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by UUNET delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit http://www.uk.uu.net/products/security/virus/ --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]