I sent a private message to Jon suggesting he expand on his "dual
boot"
He very kindly replied and gave permission to quote his reply to the
entire reflector.
Jon Harder wrote:
> Ed --
>
> I find that multiple-booting is easiest to set up using a utility like
> Partition Magic, which manages all the nitty-gritty detail for you --
> creating, sizing, moving, formatting, copying, etc. done neatly and safely..
> You can then install separate operating systems of your choice into their
> own spaces. At boot time you can select the one you want from a menu. It
> would be very simple to have DOS and Win 98 set up this way if you needed
> to. Main thing is -- have a hard drive big enough to handle the op systems
> and your data, with plenty of room for adjustment if needed. More than one
> drive is even better. And be sure to make backups at every step, just in
> case something misfires.
>
> Books covering installation and tips-and-tricks issues of managing the O/S
> often explain these possibilties. Back in '94 I had two dual-boot 486
> machines running either Win 3.1 or OS/2. Right now I'm content to have XP
> as my main O/S, but also to be able to shift over to Win98 for certain
> software that won't run otherwise -- like RITTY. The docs for XP cover the
> options, and there's also some info right on the Microsoft web pages for
> XP - sorry don't have the URL at hand at the moment.
>
> I don't work for PowerQuest, but their stuff is really helpful -- see the
> introduction to Partition Magic at
>
> http://www.powerquest.com/
>
> 73, Jon K1US
73
Ed
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