hi
just a quick question.how can i install two same versions of windows(98,2000,xp)etc.
in dual booting mode.
guys i know i should have searched first.but i m in a real hurry but any ways need like flaming me .do it at
[email protected]
thanks
bye
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hi
just a quick question.how can i install two same versions of windows(98,2000,xp)etc.
in dual booting mode.
guys i know i should have searched first.but i m in a real hurry but any ways need like flaming me .do it at
[email protected]
thanks
bye
I dont know how to do it in windows buit I can do it with Linux RedHAT 9.0 & XP on a Pentium2 333MHZ 20GB hardrive piece of **** monitor <mitsubshi>
install the older version of the OS before installing the newer version. they will give you an option to configure for dual boot.
Another way is to use a program out there that allows you to switch between OSes. if installing *nix then lilo will help
If you are dual booting two XPs or two Win2Ks, make two partitions and install to each. Edit your boot.ini on the Primary partition (if it isn't already configured) to point to each install.
With Win9x, you will probably need to use a Linux install to get a lilo to manage the boots. I've multi-booted systems with DOS, Win9x and NT (so that Boot.ini handles the boot selection). But not just DOS and Win9x.
i emailed a copy of my boot file and the instructions but i had same problem solved here
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I had xp pro on 2 partitions on the same hard drive c and d I formatted c and reinstalled and now i cant boot into d-I think i got help here when i originally did this but my mind is fragmented and the other partition is my roomates-thanks for any help
when i boot i get 2 xp pro options but only one works i didn't remove the partitions and the error says something about check harddrive and boot options which is beyond me, without your help!!!!!!!!
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Copy and paste the contents of your boot.ini into your post (the file can be found as a hidden file in the root directory of your C drive). With that, we can help you fix your problem.
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I unhid all files and did a search and didn't come up with anything--can you tell me what folder it is in, like system 32..not there and not in system i did find a bootdat in the windows folder
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It's directly under your C drive (just go to Windows Explorer, click on the C: Local Disk and it should be there.
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW
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[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="jxrry" /fastdetect
multi(2)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="kevin" /fastdetect
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Hi,
You say you deleted the first partition ...
And now you can only boot the first partition (the one you reinstalled)...correct?
The problem is (I think) ..that with reinstalling the C-drive you overwrote the MBR and with that the possibility to boot to the D-drive.
is the line multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="jxrry" /fastdetect your new installed C-drive then Windows discovered the second one so normaly it should boot into it ..unless as I stated before the MBR got rewritten or something.
Maybe this site helps Tools and References for the MBR ..there's also a link or two to get some free tools at symantec to read and maybe alter your MBR ...
Provided this is the problem offcourse
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Make a backup of the file and modify it to look like this:
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW
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[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="jxrry" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="kevin" /fastdetect --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also, make sure that the Windows directory on the D: drive is D:\Windows. If it is different (such was WINNT, etc.) modify the second line to match that.
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I edited the file and it worked-Thanks so much for all your help and patience!!!! This is why this site is my homepage---filled with F***ing genuises!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's just a simple as this make at least two partitions with fdisk, first install WIN98 and then WinXP or 2k when you are installing XP or 2k it sees that there is already an OS on the computer so you can choose to install it over the other system or install it on another partition which will result in a dualboot system.
Believe it or not, and I tried this for sh*ts and giggles, you can install Win2k and WinXP on the same partition! Now I don't exactly sanction this practice, as it will be hard to keep what from what, but at least its possible. It was a far cry from Win95 trying to play with Win98 a few years back..and hey, Windows is getting better at eating each other up. Just make sure when doing this that the older OS gets installed first. Now in the case of installing Win2k and Win2k and other OS'....you can just partition the same hard drive with 2 FAT or NTFS partition, and give them different drive letters respectively. (Note Windows installation will distinguish the 2 partitions as C and D respectively), and then install them. Windows 2000 and XP are pretty good with recognizing the 2 OS' available on the 2 different drives, so you might be able to get away with not editing the boot.ini...however it might have to be done, as I think XP is better at recognizing other OS's than 2k is.
Hope this helps!
AFAIK Windows 9x does not support dual booting of another Windows OS. I am not sure that you can dual boot the same version in any Windows OS
The only certain way I know of (that works) is to install a second hard drive, boot into setup mode, change the boot sequence.......and there you go.
I know that this is a bit of a pain, but it DOES WORK :)
Cheers
thanks guys
your response just made me able to save my day.anyways i have win98,win xp,linux 7.2(red hat) in my p3 866mhz.
but still i would like to know whether any
one of you know or find it later that how can i install win 98 se in primary and as well as in secondary partition of same hard drive .
would u be kind enough to mail it to me.
[email protected](plz ensure there is a _ sign btw my mail id thats not a space)
PRECAUTION IS BETTER THAN CARE YOU SEE :)
once again thanks in advance.
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You can actually run multiple OS's of the same type by using the old school program of System Commander :) Thats how I used to do it. I ran Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and 98...as well as an old MS-DOS 5.22....I believe that was in like '99...damn I feel old :)
Hi disc0rd,
Yes I remember System Commander!...............I even found the 3.5" floppies for it the other day! :)
As I recall it booted you into DOS then you selected which partition (OS) you wanted to boot from. It certainly worked with DOS, WIN3.x and 9.x, and I cannot see why it would not let you boot exactly the same OS from different partitions? as it seemed to keep them "hidden" from eachother.
Perhaps a modern version of this or a similar app. would do the job..............I guess you will have to pay for it though?. I still cannot see how you can do it on logical partitions of the same hard drive with exactly the same 9.X OS. I have never tried it though :) As I recall 9.x will look at the C:\ drive when you load it and will overwrite what is already there? isn't this why you load the 9.x OS first, then NT/2k/XP?
Tools like System Commander boot you into DOS or Linux and you install the OSes via the tool. This fools the OS that it is the only one on the system, so it does not overwrite anything else AFAIK
There might be a free *nix tool that would do this, but I think that you will have to pay for a windows one.
Cheers
Try this at home :)
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LILO??? most of the recent versions of RH LINUX in particular use GRUB as default that is what I use just thought you should have mentioned GRUB... I may be wrong I am still learning... please don't flame me if I am wrong just correct my mistake... please keep in mind that I am only here to help... and will try my hardest to helpQuote:
cheers,
hope this is of some use,
c0bra
you could be right cobra. I haven't dual booted with *nix for a while and the last time i did it, i was using lilo.
I currently use connectix Virtual PC when I need more than one OS on 1 box. It creates a virual PC as the name suggests. So you can run the other OSes while in one of them. You just have to create a basic OS where the rest will run in. Quite good when you wnt to try other OSes out. I just put the link below jsut in case someone wants to check it out.
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