Hi Roy,

On 07-Nov-99, Roy J. Tellason wrote to MIKE RUSKAI:


 RJT> MIKE RUSKAI wrote in a message to LINDA PROULX:

 MR>> Win95 is basically Win 3.x, with the only primary difference that
 MR>> you can install the bulk of its data on a drive other than C:.

 RJT> Oh really?  That "everything on drive c:" stuff sure seems to be
 RJT> built into a lot of what's out there,  both applications and the
 RJT> OS..

And into the magazine advice pages. In a recent UK magazine someone
asked about splitting their Win 98 8.4 Gig HD into two partitions. The
basic advice was "don't do it", but if you must it'll be lots of
hassle and require reinstallation of all the software as it'll require
deleting the partition and starting over. They did give instructions,
including the advice to back stuff up. Their preferred option was a
second HD.
Ignorant authors (they also operate under the smartass names of "Ivan
Iwannado" and "Nigel Knowitall"), Partition magic will do it without
loss of data...

 MR>> It does, however, still require drive C: to boot from (even
 MR>> Windows NT does).  So, to install Win95 (or WinNT), you'll need
 MR>> to give up DOS, since it'll overwrite it when installing.

Actually NT can be installed to allow access to DOS on the same
partition if installed over an existing DOS setup - although I
wouldn't recommend it.

 MR>> The only way to avoid that is to use a third-party program like
 MR>> System Commander, which does a juggling act with the boot files
 MR>> of the operating systems it supports.  It allows you to install
 MR>> any number of OS's on the same partition, and choose which to
 MR>> boot at startup.

 RJT> Or set up separate dos and w9x partitions,  that don't "see" each
 RJT> other...

The best way in my opinion.

 MR>> ... Are there any lawyers here?  Any more?

 RJT> 

:-) Too.
My sister collects lawer jokes...


George

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