Partitioning an XP Home/ 98SE dual boot system.

[Elvis2]

I'm currently running 98SE on a 20 gig drive with three partitions. C, 2 gig operating system only. D, 13 gig MP3's games, d/l's...etc. E, 5 gig programs. I'm upgrading to a 60 gig drive with Windows XP Home ed. I would like to run a dual boot system but I'm not sure about the partitions. I was thinking of allocating 20 gigs to 98SE and 40 to XP. I would like to run 98SE basically the way it is now with 3 partitions. May I do the same thing (3 partitions) with XP? I've heard that it's best to have the operating system on it's own partition (at least in windows) and wonder if this would apply to XP as well? I know I'll have to use FAT32. Will there be a performance loss by not using NTFS?

 

[ojai00]

I think it would be best for you to split it into 2 equal partitions, unless you're planning on using one OS more frequently than the other. Install 98 on one partition and then install XP on the other partition. You can format that second partition for NTFS while keeping the 98SE partition FAT32. Hope this helps.

 

[brianp34]

I'd recommend a partion for each os, a partition for the programs for each, and then a partition for data. you might as well have a few more than two with a 60 gig drive.

brian