Guest Vince Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Hello; Not sure this is the correct forum but it was the best I could figure out in the list. I just want to know if I use a single hard drive formatted into 4 partitions and decide to do a dual dual boot with some combination of windows from 98se up to XP what happens if one of the systems go down. Do I have to reinstall both or just one of the os,es or does it depend on which one goes down? This is and extra question I don't know if anyone else knows here but worth a try. What if I decide to dual boot some version of Windows and some other test system to go along with it that is not Windows same question as above. Thanks
Guest Rich Barry Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Dual Booting No, if one of the OS's screws up it should not effect the others especially if you have them on separate partitions. As long as the bootloader is intact then the other three should be Ok to boot up. I had Win98SE, Win2Kpro, WinXP and Linux on the same drive. It should be installed in that order. The oldest first and Linux usually last. "Vince" <nonehere@newsgroupname.com> wrote in message news:u7K6YOz9HHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hello; > > Not sure this is the correct forum but it was the best I could figure out > in the list. > > I just want to know if I use a single hard drive formatted into 4 > partitions and decide to do a dual dual boot with some combination of > windows from 98se up to XP what happens if one of the systems go down. > > Do I have to reinstall both or just one of the os,es or does it depend on > which one goes down? > > This is and extra question I don't know if anyone else knows here but > worth a try. What if I decide to dual boot some version of Windows and > some other test system to go along with it that is not Windows same > question as above. > > Thanks >
Guest Vince Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Dual Booting Thanks for the reply; Just one thing though let's say I do a setup like you had. I was actually thinking of that setup so I would have all the same systems at home as I work on for others. Now you say install oldest to newest then Linux last. This is the info I really need to know. Let's say that Windows 98se install gets corrupted or someting goes wrong with it. I do understand the other systems will still work properly if I leave as is, but what if I wish to reinstall Windows 98se. Will that screw up the boot loader so the other systems will not boot anymore? If the answer to the previous question is yes, is there a way to recreate the boot loader or back it up so installing one of the older systems will not force me to have to reinstall all of the systems? Thanks "Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:46eb5dc9$0$32476$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > No, if one of the OS's screws up it should not effect the others > especially if you have them > on separate partitions. As long as the bootloader is intact then the > other three should be > Ok to boot up. I had Win98SE, Win2Kpro, WinXP and Linux on the same > drive. > It should be installed in that order. The oldest first and Linux > usually last. > "Vince" <nonehere@newsgroupname.com> wrote in message > news:u7K6YOz9HHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Hello; >> >> Not sure this is the correct forum but it was the best I could figure out >> in the list. >> >> I just want to know if I use a single hard drive formatted into 4 >> partitions and decide to do a dual dual boot with some combination of >> windows from 98se up to XP what happens if one of the systems go down. >> >> Do I have to reinstall both or just one of the os,es or does it depend on >> which one goes down? >> >> This is and extra question I don't know if anyone else knows here but >> worth a try. What if I decide to dual boot some version of Windows and >> some other test system to go along with it that is not Windows same >> question as above. >> >> Thanks >> > >
Guest Rich Barry Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Dual Booting Yes, you can make an image of Win98SE and place it on a fifth partition. Then if anything happens to Win98 you can restore it . Acronis Drive Image and Norton Ghost will do it but they cost money. Linux has a PartImage that will do it for you free. "Vince" <nonehere@newsgroupname.com> wrote in message news:u7K6YOz9HHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hello; > > Not sure this is the correct forum but it was the best I could figure out > in the list. > > I just want to know if I use a single hard drive formatted into 4 > partitions and decide to do a dual dual boot with some combination of > windows from 98se up to XP what happens if one of the systems go down. > > Do I have to reinstall both or just one of the os,es or does it depend on > which one goes down? > > This is and extra question I don't know if anyone else knows here but > worth a try. What if I decide to dual boot some version of Windows and > some other test system to go along with it that is not Windows same > question as above. > > Thanks >
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