Windows ME and Windows 2000 Dual boot

[KK]

I am trying to figure out now how to config my hard drive to dual boot with either win98 or winME and Win2000. I got a 30GB harddrive. How do I go about partitioning it? What file formats should be on these partitions? Also I want to run NTFS under Windows2000. And what size partitions are recommended. Also what would the procedure in loading these OS's be, Which one installs first? I will be using Win2000 most of the time but want an OS to try games out.

Thanks
KK

 

[Biggs]

Install ME first then 2000. If you want to share a folder for both OSes, create a FAT/FAT32 partition.

 

[abracadabra1]

partition your drive as follows:
384-968MB as your C drive to serve as swap file disk (FAT)
2GB Partition as D drive to serve as WinME OS disk (FAT)
2GB Partition as e to serve as your WIn2k os disk (ntfs)
5gb partition f to serve as winme apps/files/games disk (fat32)
5gb partition as g to serve as win2k apps/files/games disk (ntfs)
15GB (or whatever you have left) to serve as your storage or for future parititons (fat32)

 

[abracadabra1]

just install winme on d...it will install system files needed on disk C so it can boot up.
then install win2k on e and you're set. win2k takes care of the dual-booting and os selection.

 

[cbwolf]

listen to abracadabra, he knows what his talking about.

 

[KK]

Thanks abra, I'll try that out. Is winME better that Win98?

KK

 

[SlickVic]

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[cg]

How do I partition a harddrive as NTFS? and what is ntfs? is they a website explainging this?

 

[Biggs]

NTFS is the file system for NT based OSes (i.e. NT and 2000)
They are more secure, load apps faster, and fragment less than FAT32.

 

[cg]

How do I set up NTFS? does it set up automatically when I install Windows 2000

 

[mamisano]

It will ask you what partition to install to when loading Win 2K. At that time you have the option of converting to NTFS. Keep in mind, when running in Win98 Mode, the NTFS partition will NOT be available.

Regards