Partioning help

[kosova]

i have a windows ME with 60 gigs...well i bought windows XP pro and it turns out a lot of my software isnt compatible with my system...so i thought i should partion a bit of this free 35gig in my C drive into say a 10gig and install windows in there so i can boot from there...i just have a question, how do i do that?

[DougL]

Its sounds like your talking about dual booting, have a look at this website

http://www.winxpfix.com/page5.htm#dboot

Doug

[Ob1]

check with your software manufacturer they should have the patchs to make your programs run in xp or use the compatibility feature in xp and it will run it as if u had a different os on it. just right click on the programs icon and choose properties, then click the compatibility tab.

[Faust]

Hey, True ks! It's so easy, that you couldn't even imagine it. Recently I made the same with my PC. I had one partition "C" 40 Gb. where I have installed Windows 2000, and I wanted to install XP. So I was recommended to use partition manager to shrink "C" (I got 30 Gb), then created new partition 10Gb and install XP on it. Using this software you could install another OS on the same partition, but I prefer extra partition for that. You'll be able to access all files on both OSs. Good luck!

[RayH]

Never install more than one OS on a partition, especially two versions of Windows. The computer will get some sort of Alzheimers and confuse which My Documents and whatever it's running and searching. It's a pain in the butt.

For installing another OS, I'd recommed purchasing another hard drive, rather than a partition manager. It'll cost the same or cheaper.

Install the new OS to a fresh hard drive and just swap them out for the C. It'll make your life a lot easier.

[kosova]

Originally Posted by RayH Never install more than one OS on a partition, especially two versions of Windows. The computer will get some sort of Alzheimers and confuse which My Documents and whatever it's running and searching. It's a pain in the butt. For installing another OS, I'd recommed purchasing another hard drive, rather than a partition manager. It'll cost the same or cheaper. Install the new OS to a fresh hard drive and just swap them out for the C. It'll make your life a lot easier.

thanks guys these posts are a big help, unfortunatly i do remember adding the second OS on the same HDD w/o partioning another drive..now for some reason all of a sudden when my comp boots i recieve this weird message that i need to change my HDD completely..umm and for some reason i cant delete files in my comp at all i get this CYCLIC REDUDANCY CHECK which im not sure what it is..basically im gonna need to get a new hdd and im not happy with that fact cuzz i've never installed a new hdd, and im not exactly a tech wizz

[jollyjohn]

Originally Posted by RayH Never install more than one OS on a partition, especially two versions of Windows. The computer will get some sort of Alzheimers and confuse which My Documents and whatever it's running and searching. It's a pain in the butt. For installing another OS, I'd recommed purchasing another hard drive, rather than a partition manager. It'll cost the same or cheaper. Install the new OS to a fresh hard drive and just swap them out for the C. It'll make your life a lot easier.

I aggree with you 200% mate.
John

[submaster]

Originally Posted by Faust Using this software you could install another OS on the same partition,

should not installs 2 OS on the same partition.separately
Use Software Partition Magic to devide your hard drive it means two partitions and use Software Partition Commander to manage them.

[Ob1]

what programs are you having trouble running on xp pro?

[ffreeloader]

thanks guys these posts are a big help, unfortunatly i do remember adding the second OS on the same HDD w/o partioning another drive..now for some reason all of a sudden when my comp boots i recieve this weird message that i need to change my HDD completely..umm and for some reason i cant delete files in my comp at all i get this CYCLIC REDUDANCY CHECK which im not sure what it is..basically im gonna need to get a new hdd and im not happy with that fact cuzz i've never installed a new hdd, and im not exactly a tech wizz

Sounds like time to wipe the hard drive, partition it, and then install the two OS's on different partitions. I'd give more than 10 gigs to a second OS if you plan on using it a lot. 10 gigs can get eaten up pretty quickly with the size of Windows software these days.

[D_Stark]

You can partition your hard drive with Windows XP(during installation), you don't need a third party software. Or you can use F-disk with awindows boot disk.