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I did not follow all the conversation but what's the problem ?
Do you realy want a dual boot system ? (because i can
not see what you need WinME for but that might be
because i did not read the conversation)
If not, just delete winME (format the HD from the W2K
setup) In my opinion you do not need it anyway. I did not
find any thing that did not work on W2K yet.
If so, i would not consider installing on the same partition
as your WinME. It might give you problems you can not
see at this moment. I would create a dual boot on a
different partition (you were allready considering that for
the swap file, later more about how to do it)
you are worried about how much extra drivespace
you need because you need to install twice. I think you
might have something of a 6gig HD ? That must be
more than enough if you do not install other aplications
like a wildman. 3gig for W2K and 3gig for WinME.
If later on you find that you need some extra space in
1 drive you can use Partition Magic to move some
free space from 1 drive to the other.
OK, not keeping WinME is the thing i would go for
but if you realy want WinME you can install PM on
any windows 98 or whatever computer. During
setup it asks to create "rescue disks". These resque
disks can be used on any computer or HD. The only
thing PM does not do is install on a WinME machine.
It however handles the partition without any problem because
it is a FAT32 partion ?
With these recue disks you startup your laptop and
create any partition you like.
Greetings and hope this helps
henry
> Another problem....
> Partition Magic does not work with WinME. A WinME
> compatible version is not yet available. FDISK cannot
> resize my primry partition (C drive took the entire
> disk space) and therefore there is no space for
> another partition. Am I out of luck?
>
> Julian
>
> --- John F Berentson <jberentson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The answer is that you can use any drive recognized
> > by Win2000, so you would
> > be able to install it in the base WinME drive.
> > However, it must be installed
> > under the Win2000 OS. When selecting your partition
> > size, don't forget that
> > most programs you install under Win2000 is add files
> > to that folder. The
> > best approach is to use Partition Magic to partition
> > your drives as it
> > permits you to resize them at any time. You'll
> > probably find that you prefer
> > operating programs under Win2000 if possible.
> >
> > You may have to make changes to your WinME
> > system.ini file to permit it to
> > share its swap file with Win2000. Under Win98, you
> > must use, under [386Enh],
> > "PagingFile={swap file path}\pagefile.sys" and
> > "PagingDrive={swap file
> > path}". I have put my swap file in a separate
> > partition. Under Win2000, you
> > can separate your swap file into different
> > locations, so if you want a
> > larger swap file under Win2000, you can just add
> > another location to the
> > WinME location. You should reference the correct
> > procedure in the Windows
> > Knowledge Base.
> >
> > Lastly, all your hardware that is not compatible
> > with Win2000 must be
> > disconnected or disabled. Win2000 will attempt to
> > load the incompatible
> > hardware and crash. I do this occasionally when I
> > forget to turn off my
> > EZFlyer drive, for which I haven't been able to find
> > a driver.
> >
> > JFB
> > Shaven Heads Trading
> > NYC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Piranhas R Us [mailto:piranhasrus@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 7:40 PM
> > To: Omega
> > Subject: Need help on Win2000 instal
> >
> >
> > I am in the process of installing Win2000 on a Win
> > ME
> > laptop. The setup procedure told me create a
> > partition
> > for Win2000 if I want to keep Win ME and have a dual
> > boot system. My question is: Do I install TS2000
> > in
> > the same partition where Win2000 is in? In other
> > words, can I install TS2000 in C:\program files to
> > avoid a large partition for Win2000?
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> > =====
> > Julian
> >
>
>
> =====
> Julian
>
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