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Thou shalt not smite the newbe... Even when he asketh dumb ...
Then it is easy to use the custom install option of every program you want to install and direct it to D:\Program Files (as I have done). I also have "My Documents, Favorites, Also, if you decide to dual boot, both operating systems can access, and use, the same information (cookies - favorites - email etc.).

Dual boot question
Hello Guys, I'm new at this and am exploring all the installation options. My question is this: I have Windows NT installed on a single hard disk that has 3 You'll be prompted for where you want to install lilo to as part of the install process. Can I add an option to boot Linux to the NT Loader prompt screen?

WinXP beta 2 inst problem
9. If you ever need to do another clean install just follow these steps again. Hint: Have some light reading around during the installation process. and you will be left with massively unstable installations of both Windows 9x/ME and Windows XP If you want to do a dual boot, install Windows 9x/ME FIRST (on C:),

Newbie needs help with Geforce 2 GTS!
I assume you will be installing W98 to the new partition and if so, here's some info (although it is not written with a dual boot in mind so take that into Select the option: Start Computer with CD-Rom Support. When you get to an A: prompt, look at the entry immediately above it and note the letter that was

Please Help Windows Me crashes
Purchased XP and installed it on E: and you now have a dual boot setup. 98SE was compromised and now refuses to boot, even though it shows in the boot menu. You have either missing or corrupted boot files. .... Could I not just rename c:\windows to windowsx and then start the whole install process again? -- Rick.

Help Win2k installation and partitioning
I want to add Linux with a dual boot option. Partitions D: and E: contain only data files. If I copied the data from D: and E: over to C: then deleted the files from D: and E:, can I use D: and E: to install Linux? ... yes - during the install process, the installer will either suggest using those partitions (or

Dual Boot
It has a much better installation process (but still not as good as NT). But it's still OS/2 -- with all of the penalties that entails -- not some massive NT doesn't require repartitioning for the boot manager (dual boot sucks, IMHO). NT takes each hardware question in order, step by step, and not all at once

MBR and Redhat 5.0
I am pretty sure there is an uninstall option that will tell it to replace the old MBR. This might get you back into business, as long as you haven't installed LILO twice since it was working the way you wanted it to. Personal opinion: As long as you want to dual-boot Linux and Windoze, do not ever let LILO install

Another Clean Install Question
I would love to have a dual OS option, but i just can't create a partition.. i tried to create my own partition using DISKPART but that doesn't work However, this KB Article (not for the faint of heart) explains how to repair the Vista boot process after installing WinXP: Windows Vista no longer starts after

OpenStep 4.2 dual-boot with NT4?
The solution, of course, is to totally embrace Linux (I'm thinking a dual-boot option for all new Mac...) and to move to the Home Area Network paradigm of computing (or .... The WinTV install process insisted on trashing a perfectly working video driver and required an upgrade of a gaming API to install this card.

Wine - installing windows apps
Not being familiar with the XP installation process, I just thought perhaps it would give me the option itself of installing multiple OS's and thus avoid the step Until I'm sure everything is working under XP, I want to keep my ME setup and do a dual boot. The question is, what's the best way to go about this?

Dual Boot Install for Redhat 6.2
But I hate to have to go through the entire install process again just to install XP. And if there is a shortcut that someone may have discovered I would (hd1) (hd0) rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloaddr +1 In all the posts I've read, the users who used either one of the above confirmed a working dual boot process.

dual-boot obsd and RHlinux
The install box is a dual boot machine where a GNU Linux system (Slackware) is to be replaced, an old Lexmark Z31 printer is attached. This system is on the second partition of the second hard disc. For hardware details look at bug #273568. 2 Question on the test user about his level of experience a) Linux

Win98, NT and Linux on same system
All of this can (should) be done when installing x86 Solaris - it is a part of the install process. When U reboot the machine the menu will show up table but this interface is a bit wierd there is a total lack of configuratability so im kinda stumped i want to dual boot win NT(GAMES) Solaris(WORK) 50/50 on a 8

Bug#274935: Usability test: Installation of a Debian desktop
If i don't boot off of the XP disk then it pulls up the install menu, but the intall option is greyed out. So how do i get vista off and xp pro on? the Vista boot process after installing WinXP: Windows Vista no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot

FUBAR installed program... Fix registry or what?
B: Yes C: Yes D: Yes, XP will set up as dual boot. You'll get option to boot to ME or XP on startup. Not sure what you mean by "from either HD". on a 20g HD and would like to put XP on my second Maxtor 40g HD (which currently has only one partition and is not currently bootable) Thus the following question(s).

bad magic in dual boot
The Win2kp install process will setup a boot menu on your C: partition, that will give you a choice upon boot-up. It is a hidden file called boot.ini, the computer and select the desired OS, I have to reboot with a startup disk, and use FDISK to select the other partition (select active partition option).

installation frustration
With this release IBM OS/2 added a dual boot mechanism and IBM Extended Edition introduced REXX. OS/2 Version 1.1 was the first to include the .... utility to set the new CMOS parameters, and then install OS/2 from the new Drive A. IBM is working to make the install process friendlier in future releases of OS/2.

Reload Win98SE over original
So I wanted to know if your system has ever been set up for dual-booting. That'll get us started. We'll probably have more questions later. My first guess on limited information is I did this by asking the BIOS to read the CD-Rom drive to boot from. There is no option to boot from the DVD drive in the BIOS. 2.

What does the XP install process allow?
Second and Third Questions: You have a number of options here - you can do an 'upgrade' which will replace ME with XP but you may encounter Then I installed dual boot into that free space. In my case the XP install process set up drive F as a logical partition (choose FAT 32 file system if you want both