Dual Booting....

[Hiro]

Im sorta new to the field of Dual Booting, and when WinXP comes out, I would like to partition my 40gig 7200 into 2 drives. Put win2kpro on one, and winxp on the second.

My question though is, does anyone have some good sources for getting some software that will allow me to dual boot or some tips on how to do it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and I hope you accept my thanks in advance.

the way i do it, is to format the hard drive, then format the partitions they way you want to and then install the os's into the drive you want. it doesnt matter which drives you install which os to, but i think you should install winxp first then win2kpro.

[Jeffbx]

FYI - you don't need additional software to dual boot. Windows will see you already have one OS loaded and it will add the second one to the boot loader for you.

[topane]

System Commander is a great tool, too, and also does partitioning. http://www.v-com.com/

[Bires]

...it's a great little program and give me tons of flexability. I boot win2k on my 40 and win98 on my 13.

[lipsons]

partitionmagic 6.0 is the beset I've seen. Easy interface

[Skeetez]

I am planning on partitioning up my new 75GB HD and loading Windows 98SE and Linux Mandrake 7.2. Does anyone know some basic steps to do this? Which should I install first? Any "walk thru" steps are helpful, also if anyone knows of good links that pertain to the installation of both OS's would help.

ive never actually done this, but i know that you should install win98se first. linux gets real mad when you install windows over it.

[OC]

Originally posted by Skeetez
I am planning on partitioning up my new 75GB HD and loading Windows 98SE and Linux Mandrake 7.2. Does anyone know some basic steps to do this? Which should I install first? Any "walk thru" steps are helpful, also if anyone knows of good links that pertain to the installation of both OS's would help.

Use FDISK to create your Window(s)partitions, whatever sizes you need. Forget Linux for the moment. Install your favorite flavor of Windows normally. After Windows is installed, set your computers BIOS to boot from the CD, and use the Linux CD to boot and install Linux. I've installed Mandrake a bunch of times and it's a breeze. When you get to the point where you set up Grub (the default boot loader that installs with Mandrake) it should automatically add the entry for Windows. You can also triple boot just as easily if you want. Install Win9x, then Win2k (not as an upgrade to 9x), then Linux. Linux will see your Win2k boot loader and add it in LILO/Grub.

I'd suggest that you run through all of this two or three times so you get familiar with it. Once you have it down it's a breeze.

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