Dual boot? Windows 2000 AND Win ME... possible?? how??

[Tr0LL]

Right now my server has Windows 2000 Professional installed. However a lot of the old programs I had on Windows 98 SE don't work properly or don't work at all...... Not to mention with my cheap ass voodoo banshee (monster fusion) I can't get Open GL to work in windows 2000, which means no shooter type games (software and d3d SUCK).... Why did I bother with Windows 2000? Well first of all, it's my dad's computer, he got it free from his work..... and...... HE wants to learn how to use a NT based windows..... but he still wants to use some of the programs he used in Win98, so I suggested why not have a dual boot system... pick the OS you want to use depending on what programs u plan on using......

That's fine with him...... ok..... so...... how do I do it? Do I just install Windows ME like I would on a clean formatted disk? Then select the OS I want to use when it pops up (this is standard for Windows 2000 right?)... that part I think will be no problem..... But the part that confuses me, is what about the programs I want to use in both OS's??? Lets say for example, Adobe Photoshop..... If I want to use it in Win2000 and WinME do I have to install it in Win2000 AND WinME? Or is there a way to share the files between both OS's (doubt it)...... I mean can I use the same directory? Do I just reinstall photoshop in the same folder so that the shared files or required system files will be in the windows (whether win 2000 or win me) directory? Please help....... Thanx......

 

[br0wn]

hey OpenGL works fine for me in Win2K.

I also have Windows 2K dualboot with WinME,
I think it is easier to install WinME first
then install Win2K.

If you install Win2K first, after you
install WinME, you have to repair the boot partition.

Some programs can share files between the 2 OS,
others won't. Of course you definitely have to use
FAT32 partition.

I am only using WinME if the applications/games
doesn't work using Win2K. So far this is only a few
cases, so I'm using Win2K most of the time.
You don't want to configure all programs to work
at both OS anyway, as this will be a waste of space.

 

[Boozy43]

yup...winME would be much better to install 1st...
just like its easy to install win2k from win98, it will be easier to install win2k from winME...but be sure to have a boot disk handy
[probably easiest to copy the win2k install disk to the partition you are installing from, reboot with a win9x boot disk, [choose prompt with cd support just incase] then go
[drive letter of win2k partition]:\[path]\[to]\setup.exe

for progs, alot will just work in win2k [if already installed in win9x] without having to be installed again...just try and run them from your win9x dir...if you do have to reinstall in win2k try and just reinstall it to where it is already installed.
i do this:
C:\Win98se[installed with 98litePro and run under darkstep shell]
D:\Win2Kpro [been using it all the time for everything]
E:\Mutual Drive
F:\CD-ROM
G:\CD-RW

i use the mutual partition for shared apps
i only install into C:\ if its something specifically for win9x
and only install to D:\ if its something specifically for win2k

i cant wait for norton systemworks 2001
that will get installed on E:\ but i will install it there from each OS into the same folder just to be sure it gets registered properly in both registries.

 

[AndyHui]

You can install WinME after Win2K without having to do the Win2K repair option by installing WinME with this command: setup /ntldr

 

[DragonSlayer81]

WinMe any Good??