At 02:42 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote:
Any third party apps will have to be reinstalled.
Of course, you don't share applications. The whole idea is to have two separate installs that share nothing. However, a number of simple utilities and programs will run just fine without a reinstall.
Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:46 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote: > >> Thanks for the info, I'll just have to see how many of my applications >> make it over, I know that some may and others probably won't. >> Probably the best bet would be a clean wipe but somehow I alway manage >> to wipe out something I wanted to keep.... >> >> Steve >> > > You shouldn't loose anything. XP only needs to share three boot files on > your C drive. Everything else for the second XP install should be installed > on another partition. During install just point it to your new clean > partition and everything else is automatic. You can even set it up to share > your pagefile.sys if you use one. > > > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Winterlight >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > If you are asking, how will XP do with a dual XP boot, then the answer >> is >> > fine. I have been installing duplicate OS installs since NT4. I put the >> > system files on C and XP1 and XP2 on D and E. Windows handles the dual >> boot >> > just fine. It is a very useful setup for a number of reasons. And there >> is >> > no better way to troubleshoot. >> > >> > >> > At 04:40 AM 6/16/2008, you wrote: >> >> >> >> The basis of this is that I have an Audiophile 2496 sound card and the >> >> driver does not really support MCE. Of course the basic way to go >> >> about this would be to wipe the C drive clean and just install XP >> >> (non-MCE). But the question is, how well does XP do with more than >> >> one copy of itself installed? If, for example, I were to install XP >> >> (non-MCE) on this MCE system, first, would it set up a boot menu and >> >> 2nd, would it find my apps and use them? >> >> >> >> Just speculating & it would save a lot of time reinstalling stuff..... >> >> >> >> Thanks....Steve >> > >> > >> > >
