using programs installed in other os??

[yourdeadin]

Using programs

Well thanx for all the replies in my previous posts and I do hope you will continue the same here.
As mentioned earlier I have 2 OS M$ 2000 and 98se in 2 separate partion C&D , I've all my programs installed (messenger ,office)installed in 2000 , now I want to use these in 98 too, is there any way I can do this with out having to reinstall them . I mean to re -install is one more time and resource consuming head ach is there any way I can do this, you know registry tweaks and stuff like that .....???

Thanx for your replies

[Tiger Shark]

The major problem you are going to have is that the Win98 partition doesn't natively recognize an NTFS partition. I believe there is a utility out there somewhere that will let it read one, try googling for it.

The second issue I see is the fact that some of those installs will require registry entries. Since Win98 doesn't have a registry they will probably fail.

Silly question, I can understand having a Linux partition and a Win2k partition, but I can't fathom why you want a Win2k and a Win98 partition. Most programs that run on Win98 will run on Win2k. If they don't you can try "Compatibility Mode" in Win2k which seems to do a pretty good job of running older software.

[yourdeadin]

no both c & d (2000 &98 )are in fat partion, thats what i gave as option , i remember correctly that i gave no for conversion to ntfs know when i'd fall back to 98 it'd coz problems.

and i don think you can convert ntfs to fat can you?? i heard some where

thanx tiger shark

[Tiger Shark]

There might be a facility out there that can revert an NTFS partition to a FAT16/32 but I very much doubt it.

I still wonder why you want Win98 at all..... You could have a whole lot more space if you stuck with 2000 and ditched the 98.... 2000 is so much better of an OS.

[yourdeadin]

win 2000 has troubles detectiting my modem and the drivers i give is not being ccepted (motorolla modem sm56) so when ever i need to access the net i use win 98 as it has no troubles in detectionand installation , i hope noe the picture is clear to you

i real thank you for showing such intrest in me

[djscribble]

Originally posted here by Tiger Shark
The major problem you are going to have is that the Win98 partition doesn't natively recognize an NTFS partition. I believe there is a utility out there somewhere that will let it read one, try googling for it.

the free version of ntfsdos pro will give you read-only access to your NTFS partitions

[nihil]

Hi,

Silly question, I can understand having a Linux partition and a Win2k partition, but I can't fathom why you want a Win2k and a Win98 partition. Most programs that run on Win98 will run on Win2k. If they don't you can try "Compatibility Mode" in Win2k which seems to do a pretty good job of running older software.

The main reason I have seen Win98 with Win2K/XP is to run old games. I have several that will not run on NT based software, either because DOS emulation doesn't work, or, more common, because they try to access the hardware directly, and 2K/XP won't allow this to happen.

Cheers

[cgkanchi]

To answer your question, what I've done to solve this kind of a problem is just install it to the same drive/location in both OS's. Alternatively, run filemon and regmon during installation and see what files and registry entries are added and recreate them in the other OS.

Cheers,
cgkanchi

[yourdeadin]

hey kanchi
could you expand on that topic a bit more ,pease , i couldnt get you properly
thanx a lot!!

[cgkanchi]

OK, suppose you're installing MS-Office. Under 98, install it in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office. Then boot into 2000 and install it in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office. That's what I meant by same drive/location.

Cheers,
cgkanchi