having heard that sonar3 will not support win98 no more, i'm preparing to upgrade my PC and OS.
i will buy winXP home, but i'd like to know as much as possible about how to install winXP on two partitions, so to that i will have (like now!) an OS for internet/office/etc and one just for music.
i know that winXP requires a boring activation procedure, how can i deal with a double installation on my PC?
is it straightforward?
does norton ghost support winXP?
preparing for winXP...
now i have two OS installed on two different HD (my primary and slave)
my MoBo is SOO good that if i boot the PC and i press ESC it let me choose from what HD i can boot, the primary or the slave. it is like swapping the two harddisk.
about the XP multi boot, do i have to choose it at my first intallation? is there a menu that ask me for this possibility? do i have to create two partitions?
thanks!
my MoBo is SOO good that if i boot the PC and i press ESC it let me choose from what HD i can boot, the primary or the slave. it is like swapping the two harddisk.
about the XP multi boot, do i have to choose it at my first intallation? is there a menu that ask me for this possibility? do i have to create two partitions?
thanks!
I haven't tried to set up dual xp-xp so I can't help you there. But when I tried it with an existing 98 installation it gave me the option to install xp to d:windows instead of c:windows and then it created a menu at bootup.
But I got rid of it as it does not do dualboot the way I want. I'm back to using bootmagic because a) if you f**k up one partition it doesn't destroy the other as well and b) when surfing the net the other partition is protected against virus/hacker attacks because it is completely hidden (It is still possible to infect the other partition as well but first you have to re-boot into it, then manually run an infected file on a shared drive that both partitions share. So you got to work at it a bit
)
Anyway, when you do setup dualboot, you are far better off using one disk to host two os partitions and using the second disk purely for your audio data.
There's plenty of info in here on dualboot if you search and you should find enough info to work out how you want to set it up.
For xp-xp dual boot do a google search like this:- "xp-xp dualboot". Lots of info!
Goodluck!
But I got rid of it as it does not do dualboot the way I want. I'm back to using bootmagic because a) if you f**k up one partition it doesn't destroy the other as well and b) when surfing the net the other partition is protected against virus/hacker attacks because it is completely hidden (It is still possible to infect the other partition as well but first you have to re-boot into it, then manually run an infected file on a shared drive that both partitions share. So you got to work at it a bit
)Anyway, when you do setup dualboot, you are far better off using one disk to host two os partitions and using the second disk purely for your audio data.
There's plenty of info in here on dualboot if you search and you should find enough info to work out how you want to set it up.
For xp-xp dual boot do a google search like this:- "xp-xp dualboot". Lots of info!
Goodluck!
Hi Bosone,
Not quite sure where you're going with this but, simply install XP to one partition, then install again from boot to a second partition. Once underway you can chose which OS is your primary. I set my default OS as the one for audio and I've had absolutely no problems. Can't remember the last time my computer crashed
Not quite sure where you're going with this but, simply install XP to one partition, then install again from boot to a second partition. Once underway you can chose which OS is your primary. I set my default OS as the one for audio and I've had absolutely no problems. Can't remember the last time my computer crashed
If you want truly discreet bootable partitions (invisible to each other) on the same HD, you need a boot manager app. I use System Commander:
http://www.v-com.com/product/sc7_ind.html
It is an excellent program, and has a great partition managing function. There are several other boot apps discussed here on the Z.
/dave
http://www.v-com.com/product/sc7_ind.html
It is an excellent program, and has a great partition managing function. There are several other boot apps discussed here on the Z.
/dave