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From: (Dan Pidcock)
Subject: Re: WINDOWS ME?
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 14:36:27 GMT
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:08:55 +0900, "pMAC" <>
wrote:

>You can install a second OS in Windows (file).
>
>Then you need a program that allows you to pick which
>operating system you wish to load when booting up (starting)
>the computer. I think there is one somewhere already in most PC's
>but I'm sure if you can't find it, there would be some you can download
>from the net.
>
>I think it's called a dual booting program.
>
>You may need to use ME if you have a DVD, apparently ME is good
>for something, and that's DVD usage.
>
>I'm tossing up whether to do this or put up with ME crashing a lot until
>they
>make a version that can work. (in my dreams).
>
>I run a Japanese version of ME. I'm thinking of putting English 2000
>on as well and having a dual boot option.
>
>I don't know how easy it is to do and some people have said that it
>is not good for the hard drive to have 2 operating systems. (no proof
>though).
>If done properly there should be no problem.
>
>There may be BIOS compatibility problems, but I'm not a computer expert so
>hopefully one on this list can agree or disagree with me. (PLEASE).

Dual (or more booting) is not generally a problem, just not always
straightforward. I have dual booted Windows NT and Windows 95 (make
sure you install them in the correct order - see MS' website Q155034,
Q136547, Q153762, Q157992) and triple booted Win9x, Linux, and BeOS.
Mixing different versions of Win9x/Me (as the OP may want to) could be
difficult as I think they both have to be on the first hard disk
partition. Maybe if you install them into differently named
directories you will be OK but I would think it would be very easy to
get stuck further along the road.
Dual booting Win 2000 and Win ME as you want to do should be similar
to dual botoing winNt & Win95. Search through usenet archives for
info first though. Also MS probably has some articles on this by now.

Dan
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