Solve : Using 2 operating systems?

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Answer» I have 2 hard DRIVES.(master-slave. I would like to run XP on Master and ME on slave. Is this possible and how do I do it? Thank you Hugh Sure is possible!! Many do it. You will need a boot manager or use the BIOS setup to change boot ORDER. If XP is NTFS & ME is FAT32, WINME will not recognize WinXP, but WinXP will recognize WinME, no matter which one you boot from.I have to ask...any REASON you need WinME ? ? I have some old dos games I want to check outQuote from: hughii on July 05, 2010, 07:46:23 PM I have some old dos games I want to check out on the winXP, try DosBox emulator to see if it would be able to handle your dos game you want. If not, then you'll need the WinMEAnother alternative would be to create a virtual machine and install ME on that. I normally wouldn't recommend a virtual machine for games, but seeing as they are only DOS games, performance should not be a problem. Good LuckQuote from: thelaymanscomputer on July 07, 2010, 08:55:10 AM Another alternative would be to create a virtual machine and install ME on that. I normally wouldn't recommend a virtual machine for games, but seeing as they are only DOS games, performance should not be a problem. Good Luck True, and if he's going the Virtual Machine route he MAY as well use an Actual DOS installation rather then a windows one. Thanks to everyone for all the useful information. Very much appreciated. John

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I have 2 hard DRIVES.(master-slave. I would like to run XP on Master and ME on slave. Is this possible and how do I do it? Thank you
Hugh Sure is possible!! Many do it. You will need a boot manager or use the BIOS setup to change boot ORDER. If XP is NTFS & ME is FAT32, WINME will not recognize WinXP, but WinXP will recognize WinME, no matter which one you boot from.I have to ask...any REASON you need WinME ? ?
I have some old dos games I want to check outQuote from: hughii on July 05, 2010, 07:46:23 PM

I have some old dos games I want to check out

on the winXP, try DosBox emulator to see if it would be able to handle your dos game you want. If not, then you'll need the WinMEAnother alternative would be to create a virtual machine and install ME on that. I normally wouldn't recommend a virtual machine for games, but seeing as they are only DOS games, performance should not be a problem.

Good LuckQuote from: thelaymanscomputer on July 07, 2010, 08:55:10 AM

Another alternative would be to create a virtual machine and install ME on that. I normally wouldn't recommend a virtual machine for games, but seeing as they are only DOS games, performance should not be a problem.

Good Luck

True, and if he's going the Virtual Machine route he MAY as well use an Actual DOS installation rather then a windows one.

Thanks to everyone for all the useful information. Very much appreciated.
John

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