Use DOS for partition?

[amdwolfman]

I have heard i can go into DOS and make a partition??,,,I want to have a dual boot with win98se and win2000,,,if i can do it the DOS way,,,could someone explain how??,,tyia

 

[AndyHui]

Yes, you can, with FDISK.

What is your existing partition setup?

 

[amdwolfman]

I'm not sure what u mean,,do u mean,,what do i have now?. i'm just running my c/rive now,,,sorry,,not sure what u mean,,but that nk you for your help,,,and maybe with some more input i could help you,.

 

[warmachine]

Sounds like U just want to know how to set up dual boot
also U sound a little new to partitions if this is the case
give me a little info bout Ur system and I can help
like
how many hard drives and size of each do U have and
what OS are U running now?

 

[amdwolfman]

Sounds like U just want to know how to set up dual boot
yes,i am looking to do a dual boot


also U sound a little new to partitions if this is the case
give me a little info bout Ur system and I can help
yes, i am new to partitioning,,and always willing to learn something new.


how many hard drives and size of each do U have and
what OS are U running now?
I have one hard drive 10 gig,,i would like to allocate 2 or 3 gig to """other""" and i am running XP pro,,,tyia

 

[bacillus]

If you want to dual boot & still have an easy life setting it up then I suggest you start from scratch, make at least 2 partitions, install win98 on C then install win2k on any other partition.
you'll get the win2k bootloader to choose which OS you want to boot with.

 

[amdwolfman]

wow,,,congrats on over 10,000 on ANANDTECH,,,,and yes,,i will have to agree,,I'll do it from scratch also as you prescibe,,,ty,,,don't know when , but i will

 

[bacillus]

<< wow,,,congrats on over 10,000 on ANANDTECH >>


thanks!
yet to discover why the title lifer was chosen; maybe to accumulate so many postings means people assume you spend your life at the forums!

 

[amdwolfman]

LOL,,,,i missed the 'lifer' subtitle,
wow,,i got 90 already myself. can tell i am a relative newbie with a 1001 questions.

wow,,check this out,,this is my second day of having win-xp pro,,,and a box pops up,saying this

CANNOT COMPLETE THE AUTOMATIC UPDATES SETUP WIZARD

and then it goes on to say this>

WINDOWS RECOGNIZES WHEN YOU ARE ONLINE AND USES YOUR
INTERNET CONNECTION TO SEARCH FOR DOWNLOADS FROM THE WINDOWS UPDATE WEB SITE . ( recognizes when i am online?,,,does it mean it's time to check in with the mothership?lol,,) A MESSAGE APPEARS ON YOUR DESKTOP TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN UPDATES ARE AVAILEBLE ( so,it's like this?....time for serial# 2211 pok 9074 lknp , to check-in,,) just babbling i guess been along day

 

[chickendinner]

at bootdisk.com you can find some good formatting tools with dos

 

[bacillus]

amdwolfman, sounds like you need to disable automatic windows updating to stop that message!

 

[amdwolfman]

TY Chickendinner,,,I have looked an dsome interesting stuff,ty,,

bacillus, is it advisable for me to turn off the upgrade systems, or just leave it ?,,,but if i can get rid of it with no harm,,i will,,ty-again

 

[bacillus]

I personally disabled the automatic windows updating & periodically go to the update site to check for updates & choose the ones I want. the choice is yours!

 

[amdwolfman]

bacillus
can u point me in the direction of disabling this feature?,,ty

 

[amdwolfman]

bacillus
can u point me in the direction of disabling this feature?,

thx i got it now,,tyEDIT