Installing Win2K in second partiotion, do I need to reinstall all my applications again ?

[MowSow]

I have win 98 on the 1st partition .... with tons of programs !! do I need to reinstall everything on the second parition !!

 

[AndyHui]

If you are installing Win2K as a dual boot, then yes, you will need to reinstall all of your software.

As Win98 and Win2K are independent of each other, programs will need to write their information to the Registry in each OS, so you must install twice.

There are certain programs that do not write data to the Registry, so you can just get away with running the executable under Win2K and/or create a shortcut. These programs are usually the very small programs or shareware, such as mIRC and a few others.

Most of the larger packages, such as Office, will require a full reinstall.

 

[MowSow]

Thank you sir .. that's what I thought ...

 

[randypj]

Has anyone tried an "overinstall" of W2K over W98? I'm thinking that this was one possiblity when it came out, but I've never known anyone to do it. I was always curious as to how poorly it worked.
--Randy

 

[GasX]

I heard that you can reinstall to the same directory and then the game/program runs from both OS's without double use of dick space. Is this true?

 

[MowSow]

ya ... but then you wont have dual boot ... only win98 will upgrade to win2K !