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Guy,
I strongly recommend installation of the two OSs on separate boxes in
preference to dual-boot.
That way, you can transparently access win2000 ntfs files from win9x.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Guy Gordon
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 11:03 AM
> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Windows me vs Windows 2000
>
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:51:18 -0700, Mike Campbell <ug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >Of course your mileage most certainly WILL vary, but I've been told of
> >several horror stories of upgrading to Win 2K. (Although, once
> >installed, people have had excellent success).
> >
> >That said, I've been told to wipe the hard drive clean and reinstall
> >from scratch. Save yourself a lot of headaches by doing a fresh
> >install rather than upgrade.
> >
> I've had no problems at all installing Win2000 to dual-boot over
> Win98. The key is that you MUST install Win2000 into a separate
> partition, like a D: drive. (Otherwise some files in c:\program files
> conflict). Win2000 will automatically install its boot loader on C:,
> and at boot time you are given a menu to choose which OS to boot.
>
> Done this way, the Win2000 install is a fresh install. You then have
> to install any aps you want to use under Win2000. But there's a neat
> trick you can use here. You can install each ap into the *C:* drive
> (c:\program files). It will install right over the copy installed for
> Win98, and the ap will work fine under both OS's.
>
> I did it this way because I thought I'd be going back and forth
> between the two OS's. But it turns out I almost never boot Win98 any
> more.
>
> P.S. Dual CPUs work GREAT.
>
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