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can i install win 98 and upgrade to
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1. You don't need to install 98 first (even with upgrade CD, you can just install ME - you'll just need to present 98 install CD to the installation process when asked).
2. If you want to dual boot XP & ME, the recommended method is to install ME (older o/s first, to the first partition - C: drive). There are ways round this if you already have XP on C: and you really want to do this.
3. IMO, ME as a 'backup' to XP is daft! (just complicates your set up - and ME is much more likely to go wrong than XP. Also, XP has a number of means of recovery. If you want a 'backup' operating system, you'd do much better dual booting another copy of XP!)
2. If you want to dual boot XP & ME, the recommended method is to install ME (older o/s first, to the first partition - C: drive). There are ways round this if you already have XP on C: and you really want to do this.
3. IMO, ME as a 'backup' to XP is daft! (just complicates your set up - and ME is much more likely to go wrong than XP. Also, XP has a number of means of recovery. If you want a 'backup' operating system, you'd do much better dual booting another copy of XP!)
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hd space is a problem, i really just want to keep my documents safer in a separate partition, currently i have xp installed on drive d: with 98se on a 1gb partition on c:
my idea is to partition the disk with 4 and 6gb partitions with xp on c:
is simply using drive image good enough?
my idea is to partition the disk with 4 and 6gb partitions with xp on c:
is simply using drive image good enough?
Do you mean use drive image to create backups?
With a 10GB disk, I'd backup my data (to CD or whatever you use), wipe the current partitions and install XP on a single 10GB partition. Then I'd backup regularly to CD or whatever you use (CD writers & blank CDs being cheap). Then if I start running out of space on 10GB, I'd think about buying a new drive (also cheap currently) - and reorganise my installation.
With a 10GB disk, I'd backup my data (to CD or whatever you use), wipe the current partitions and install XP on a single 10GB partition. Then I'd backup regularly to CD or whatever you use (CD writers & blank CDs being cheap). Then if I start running out of space on 10GB, I'd think about buying a new drive (also cheap currently) - and reorganise my installation.
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