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OT - Partition Magic
Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up
partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I have this nice little scanner called a Travel Scan and the company that made it either went out of business or the product was bought out by another company. Unfortunately the software does not load or work with XP and there will be no new software produced for it. Rather than tossing the scanner I was thinking instead of installing Win98 on another partition on my hard drive and loading the scanner software there because it works just great on the Win98 OS. Also, I have some other legacy programs that aren't compatible with WinXP that I would still like to use and I could also load them on the Win98 partition. I found a site where I can download Partition Magic for 49.95. What do you think? Ganz, do you have any multi-boot computers? S.Simon |
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Simple Simon wrote:
Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I haven't used it with XP, but it has always worked well when I have used it. -- Wally www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light. |
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Downloading as I peck away here.
You're a liberal but one fine liberal. Thanks, S.Simon The Captains Nemesis wrote in message ... On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:15:25 -0500, "Simple Simon" wrote: Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? Yep, Works very well. Go here to get ver 8 free http://fosi.ural.net/ There are no viruses. I have this nice little scanner called a Travel Scan and the company that made it either went out of business or the product was bought out by another company. Unfortunately the software does not load or work with XP and there will be no new software produced for it. Rather than tossing the scanner I was thinking instead of installing Win98 on another partition on my hard drive and loading the scanner software there because it works just great on the Win98 OS. Also, I have some other legacy programs that aren't compatible with WinXP that I would still like to use and I could also load them on the Win98 partition. Yep, I have an HPScanjet5P for which HP in their wisdom has not developed drivers for XP however generic XP drivers will still work in the Windows Scan/Fax application. have you tried that? I found a site where I can download Partition Magic for 49.95. What do you think? Ganz, do you have any multi-boot computers? S.Simon Oz1...of the 3 twins. I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you. |
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I have used System Commander for several years to switch between operating
systems.. Wasn't there an exchange of ownership, a buy out or stock swap or some such, between these two companies? Partition Magic only did partitions at one time. Then System Commander added limited partition resizing. I don't remember what happened after that. Maybe I resized a partition... Steve Thomas "Wally" wrote in message ... Simple Simon wrote: Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I haven't used it with XP, but it has always worked well when I have used it. -- Wally www.makearatherlonglinkthattakesyounowhere.com Things are always clearer in the cold, post-upload light. |
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Yes. Works as advertised.
"Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I have this nice little scanner called a Travel Scan and the company that made it either went out of business or the product was bought out by another company. Unfortunately the software does not load or work with XP and there will be no new software produced for it. Rather than tossing the scanner I was thinking instead of installing Win98 on another partition on my hard drive and loading the scanner software there because it works just great on the Win98 OS. Also, I have some other legacy programs that aren't compatible with WinXP that I would still like to use and I could also load them on the Win98 partition. I found a site where I can download Partition Magic for 49.95. What do you think? Ganz, do you have any multi-boot computers? S.Simon |
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Hash: SHA1 While you're at it, you can set up a 5+ GB linux partition, in case you ever want to experment with linux. If you decide not to use it for linux, you can always reformat the extra disk for Windows later--use as a storage disk. two wheels On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:15:25 -0500, "Simple Simon" wrote: Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I have this nice little scanner called a Travel Scan and the company that made it either went out of business or the product was bought out by another company. Unfortunately the software does not load or work with XP and there will be no new software produced for it. Rather than tossing the scanner I was thinking instead of installing Win98 on another partition on my hard drive and loading the scanner software there because it works just great on the Win98 OS. Also, I have some other legacy programs that aren't compatible with WinXP that I would still like to use and I could also load them on the Win98 partition. I found a site where I can download Partition Magic for 49.95. What do you think? Ganz, do you have any multi-boot computers? S.Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQA/AwUBP6WjW9CBA23eyf45EQKH/gCeNMhOW8vCnm896cDKwhqXes4D7LoAni64 YdwbP9vrvpuLGLm0T0PEllj9 =LPS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Yes, three partitions is what I had in mind on my new laptop. It has a 40 gig hard drive and I figured I'd go with 30 for the main OS (winxp) and five each for win98 and linux. Sound like a plan? S.Simon "two wheels" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 While you're at it, you can set up a 5+ GB linux partition, in case you ever want to experment with linux. If you decide not to use it for linux, you can always reformat the extra disk for Windows later--use as a storage disk. two wheels On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:15:25 -0500, "Simple Simon" wrote: Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I have this nice little scanner called a Travel Scan and the company that made it either went out of business or the product was bought out by another company. Unfortunately the software does not load or work with XP and there will be no new software produced for it. Rather than tossing the scanner I was thinking instead of installing Win98 on another partition on my hard drive and loading the scanner software there because it works just great on the Win98 OS. Also, I have some other legacy programs that aren't compatible with WinXP that I would still like to use and I could also load them on the Win98 partition. I found a site where I can download Partition Magic for 49.95. What do you think? Ganz, do you have any multi-boot computers? S.Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQA/AwUBP6WjW9CBA23eyf45EQKH/gCeNMhOW8vCnm896cDKwhqXes4D7LoAni64 YdwbP9vrvpuLGLm0T0PEllj9 =LPS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Hash: SHA1 If you don't have linux CDs yet, try http://www.linuxcentral.com/ That's where I got my Linux 9 (Red Hat) CDs. The price now: $3 They also have Mandrake Linux 9.2 for $7 I chose Red Hat, just because there's a lot of no-fuss (RPM format) software out there for it. The hardest thing was finding a driver for my Windows modem, but I finally found the modem driver for my particular kernel--at the modem maker's web site. two wheels -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQA/AwUBP6W1AdCBA23eyf45EQKb+gCg49Pc/SqwOUlaM1epBMlwr8KMLj0AoIXn kYTRTXfacGGJy/lKyPz+tU0q =zF3a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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OT - Partition Magic
On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:15:25 -0500, Simple Simon wrote:
Has anybody here used Partition Magic to set up partitions on an XP Home machine so Win 98 can be installed on a separate partition resulting in a dual boot or multi-boot system? Did the software work as advertised? I've heard good things about Partition Magic, but with XP it is not really needed. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../multiboot.asp My dual booting experiences were with Linux/Windows, and not applicable to your situation, but there are many in the Linux community that swear by PM. |
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"two wheels" wrote in message ... I chose Red Hat, just because there's a lot of no-fuss (RPM format) software out there for it. The hardest thing was finding a driver for my Windows modem, but I finally found the modem driver for my particular kernel--at the modem maker's web site. Doesn't Linux come with the necessary stuff for partitioning the disk. **NEAL** Linux includes a boot manager (Lilo) which allows you to choose which operating system to load. Regards Donal -- |
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