On 05 December 2002, 21:23, David R. Austen wrote: > I am contemplating the following strategy: Have a new hard disk > installed (it would be D:) and use that new drive as the default drive > and boot XP each time.
> My existing software would remain on the C drive, unless and until I > decide on the migration of some software. Eventually I would remove > the OS from that C drive. ~~~ FWIW, I recently ran into all sorts of problems with that approach. In my case, I attempted to dual-boot NT4 and Windows 2000, installing Windows 2000 to drive D: with an existing NT4 installation on C: After installing Windows 2000, NT4 would no longer boot (even in VGA mode) and I lost all the applications and settings previously on that computer. Worse, my backup software doesn't work with Windows 2000 -- so I effectively also lost all my backups too. Thankfully, my data files are on another partition, so I at least didn't lose them. HTH, -- Geoff Lane Cornwall, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Insanity is hereditary ... you get it from your kids! ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
