I run XP Pro normally. My main drive C: plugs in. I pull it out to run WIN98 from another HD when I need to use the scanners. There are no XP drivers for Olympus or Primax. The two other (fixed and big) drives hold software and data respectively. I only need to back up the data drive D:. On another HD I have Red Hat Linux but haven't plugged that in for ages. I would if I could get software to do what I need. The Plug-in drawers are quite cheap and don't give trouble. When a new version of Windows arrives you install it on a new HD and if things go wrong its a simple matter to pull out the drawer and go back to the old one while you figure out what needs to be done.
Why not use multiboot? I don't like it. If things go wrong, and they will as we all know, there is such a hell of a lot of work to do to get back up and running. Reinstalling two or more operating systems takes a long time - I know! Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dag T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 1:03 AM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) > Of course, that�s what we all should have done, stayed with Win �98. > It got stable, at last :-) > > (I just remember my old win�98 laptop. It refused to be turned off, > just started up again with a blue screen. Just a bug in Win�98 network > setup, they said. Man, I miss that one :-) > > DagT > > P� fredag, 15. august 2003, kl. 23:47, skrev Herb Chong: > > > i consider my Win98 system unstable if it crashes that often (once > > every 3 weeks). once every 3 or 4 months is where it stays most of the > > time. however, when things go wrong, they usually go very wrong very > > quickly. > > > > Herb.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dag T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 17:16 > > Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) > > > > > >> Yes, it�s like the good old days using Unix on XWindows. Instability > >> is one crash each three weeks, not three each day :-) > > > > > > > >
