Re: XP & 2K on same machine by John
John
Fri Apr 04 22:06:55 PDT 2008
OK, Then what file system would I partition the one data partition to?
Will XP recognize a NTFS partition?
JPC
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:11:56 -0400, Sid Elbow <here@there.com> wrote:
>John Callaway wrote:
>> What size for each partition should I make on an 80 Gig HDD for both
>> Win2K pro & XP operating systems? I'm thinking about 15 gig for each
>> with extended partitions for data of equal sizes for each. I would
>> like to keep the os partitions a small as possible. I have
>> a Packard-Bell Easynote Laptop F0336-V-089 with Intel Celeron MCU 440
>> @ 1.86 GHZ processor with 2 gig of memory. I loaded Win2K but ran into
>> driver problems so I guess I will have to load XP. I would like to
>> still use my old HP flatbed scanner that won't run with XP so I guess
>> I will need to load Win2K also. Any suggestions to achieve this will
>> be appreciated.
>
>Depends a lot on what applications you wish to load (only you know that)
>but 15 G for each OS partition is do-able.
>
>However, it sounds as if one partition (XP) will be the dominant OS
>while the other is only used for a few things you can't do with XP ...
>notably your scanner (and I guess some sort of graphics program to go
>along with it). In that case, it would make more sense to make a
>relatively small partition for that (5 - 7 G) and increase the size of
>the other OS or data partitions.
>
>The same reasoning applies to the data partitions ... however, you
>shouldn't need a data partition for each OS. A single data partition
>could be happily shared and would be more efficient and flexible.