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| 553281 | 2007-05-26 05:52:00 | I want to partition my 80gb drive in three - Primary partition Windows 98SE and its associated programs; second partition for Windows XP Home Edition (to be installed) with its associated programs; and third partition for data. What size partitions are suirable? Currently using 7.6gb for Windows 98SE and its programs so perhaps have 10gb as the primary partition. Then perhaps 20gb for XP and its programs and the rest (50gb) for data. Does this sound about right? Is it safe to do the partitioning without cloning the C Drive firsr? | Krad (7878) | ||
| 553282 | 2007-05-26 07:53:00 | Why bother with Win98? You can repartition without making an image but you'd lose everything on it once you do. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 553283 | 2007-05-26 07:57:00 | What sorf of programs will you be running? What will be the primary OS? Resizing can be risky if the power decides to take a nap while your part way through. So if you can, get or borrow a UPS if you don't want to backup your hard drive. If you have a CD writer or DVD writer (This is better) backup your crucial files onto that first. That way, the only thing you need to install is windows and it's associated programs. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 553284 | 2007-05-26 19:36:00 | Why bother with Win98? You can repartition without making an image but you'd lose everything on it once you do. If you use a 3rd Party Partitioning program like Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director (and there are some free ones I believe) you can alter things as you like without loosing your data. I have done it many, many times In fact when it comes to rebuilding Windows, I create a new partition, load a new copy, organise it so I can boot to either then gradually install everything. This usually takes a month or so. The final act is to transfer transient data like emails and then start using the new build. Once all is checked and I am satisfied, I delete the old install and recover the space. |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 553285 | 2007-05-26 20:11:00 | Why bother with Win98? You can repartition without making an image but you'd lose everything on it once you do. I would bother with Win98 if I had a very old but expensive scanner that there are no drivers for in XP. I would think there would be no drivers for the same scanner in Vista either. I have a client in this situation. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 553286 | 2007-05-26 22:02:00 | I would bother with Win98 if I had a very old but expensive scanner that there are no drivers for in XP. Great, but I asked him, not you. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 553287 | 2007-05-27 01:01:00 | What sorf of programs will you be running? What will be the primary OS? Resizing can be risky if the power decides to take a nap while your part way through. So if you can, get or borrow a UPS if you don't want to backup your hard drive. If you have a CD writer or DVD writer (This is better) backup your crucial files onto that first. That way, the only thing you need to install is windows and it's associated programs. I would like to make XP the primary OS but still have the option of using older incompatible programs with W98. I was going to start over with only XP but thought keeping W98 a good idea. Am having problems cloning current setup with Ghost 2003 and am trying to find out why the CD backups cut out after 2 or 3 discs. I've saved all my data files so it's only W98 and associated programs left. |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 553288 | 2007-05-27 01:04:00 | I would bother with Win98 if I had a very old but expensive scanner that there are no drivers for in XP. I would think there would be no drivers for the same scanner in Vista either. I have a client in this situation. My scanner and printer both work with XP so that's no problem. Only want to keep W98 for the odd program that doesn't work with XP. |
Krad (7878) | ||
| 553289 | 2007-05-27 01:07:00 | If you use a 3rd Party Partitioning program like Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director (and there are some free ones I believe) you can alter things as you like without loosing your data. I have done it many, many times In fact when it comes to rebuilding Windows, I create a new partition, load a new copy, organise it so I can boot to either then gradually install everything. This usually takes a month or so. The final act is to transfer transient data like emails and then start using the new build. Once all is checked and I am satisfied, I delete the old install and recover the space. I was thinking of trying Partition Manager which sounds good. Has anyone else tried it? |
Krad (7878) | ||
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