how would I go about dual booting for winXP and ME

[Lorax2]

how would I go about installing them?

 

[mc866]

If you don't mind me asking is there something specific you need ME for? Personally that OS was like the plague, multiple restarts daily while I had it running.

 

[MadAmos]

Originally posted by: mc866
If you don't mind me asking is there something specific you need ME for? Personally that OS was like the plague, multiple restarts daily while I had it running.

+1 WHY!!!!! 😕

 

[Blazer]

+3 why?

but you would install ME first, then XP, keeping both OS's on the same hard drive.

now if ME crashes and you have to reload ME you will loose the ability to boot into XP and will have to repair xp's boot files.

 

[Lepard]

Install WinXP, then install VirtualBox, install WinME in the VM.

BEST solution possible.

 

[Lorax2]

I never understood why no one liked ME,it did not crash on me all the time.
anyway I have a usb scanner that will not work in xp but works in ME just fine

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Using Mircosoft's Virtual machine instead.

 

[BehindEnemyLines]

Does Virtual PC from Microsoft support USB pass-through (like VMWare Workstation)?

 

[corkyg]

Am a bit puzzled. What runs in ME that won't run as well or better in XP? I had ME briefly, but replaced it with XP Pro at the first opportunity. I still have the ME CDs - now part of shelfware. 🙂

 

[Lepard]

Originally posted by: BehindEnemyLines
Does Virtual PC from Microsoft support USB pass-through (like VMWare Workstation)?

I know Virtualbox does... and Virtual PC should as well.

 

[roid450]

so buy a new scanner 😛

 

[Onceler]

it is a film scanner a bit to pricey to buy a new one

 

[corkyg]

I don't know of a film scanner that will run in ME and not XP. There is a legacy run option in XP for that sort of thing.