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olorin

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second operating system
« on: February 02, 2006, 02:51:26 PM »
Hi there,
I have managed to format a second hard drive that I have installed, with the FAT32 file system.
My main hard drive is formatted with the NTFS file system and the operating system is Win XP.
I wish to run older DOS-based programs on my second (FAT32) drive. (e.g. Tomb Raider 1 etc).
Is it possible to install an operating system for the drive from my WIN XP cd? Or must I find a DOS based system to install on it?
If I need to install an older DOS based system, do I have to use windows or is there anything else out there that would do?
Thanx for your time

Fed

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    Re: second operating system
    « Reply #1 on: February 02, 2006, 10:27:05 PM »
    Just install DOS on the other drive.

    olorin

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    Re: second operating system
    « Reply #2 on: February 02, 2006, 11:55:26 PM »
    Nice and simple. Thanx.
    A few questions though.......
    Being an absolute novice at this, where do I get the DOS to install?
    Is it on my WIN XP disc?
    Is it available to download?
    These may seem inane questions, and I apologise in advance  :)

    Fed

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      Re: second operating system
      « Reply #3 on: February 03, 2006, 12:18:05 AM »
      XP does not have it, check your PMs.

      GX1_Man

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      Re: second operating system
      « Reply #4 on: February 03, 2006, 03:44:38 PM »
      You are always ahead to load the OLDEST operating system first. Win98 likes to be on the first partition of the first hard drive.