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hughii

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    Using 2 operating systems
    « on: July 05, 2010, 05:10:18 PM »
    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
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    Re: Using 2 operating systems
    « Reply #1 on: July 05, 2010, 05:33:52 PM »
    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.
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    Re: Using 2 operating systems
    « Reply #2 on: July 05, 2010, 07:00:08 PM »
    I have to ask...any reason you need WinME ? ?
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      Re: Using 2 operating systems
      « Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 07:46:23 PM »
      I have some old dos games I want to check out
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      Re: Using 2 operating systems
      « Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 11:01:34 PM »
      Quote 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 WinME
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        Re: Using 2 operating systems
        « Reply #5 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.

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        Re: Using 2 operating systems
        « Reply #6 on: July 07, 2010, 12:11:21 PM »
        Quote 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.

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          Re: Using 2 operating systems
          « Reply #7 on: July 08, 2010, 08:58:37 AM »
          Thanks to everyone for all the useful information. Very much appreciated.
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