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    From vinzi benedetto@vze265s9@bellatlantic.net to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 13:26:06
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    Is it possible to run Win95B and Win2000 is a multi-boot setup? I'm
    running 95B now, would like to try 2000, but don't want to lose the
    95B in the process. tia, vb
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  • From philo@philo@plazaearth.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 19:20:21
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    "vinzi benedetto" <vze265s9@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:bttcivoj6c8v1uer0f9h687m445g63e4d3@4ax.com...
    Is it possible to run Win95B and Win2000 is a multi-boot setup? I'm
    running 95B now, would like to try 2000, but don't want to lose the
    95B in the process. tia, vb


    http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/dual/dualxp2kon95.html


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  • From vinzi benedetto@vze265s9@bellatlantic.net to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 03:07:18
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:20:21 -0500, "philo" <philo@plazaearth.com>
    wrote:
    Is it possible to run Win95B and Win2000 is a multi-boot setup? I'm
    running 95B now, would like to try 2000, but don't want to lose the
    95B in the process. tia, vb

    http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/dual/dualxp2kon95.html

    Thanks, philo, that's a great resource.

    The site shows installation of the two systems to be possible. But I'm
    worried by the cautionary line in the page on booting (http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/dual/dual9xother.html):

    Multi-booting when Disk Compression is in use is dangerous!

    I'm not sure what this means. Why would compression be in use during
    boot?

    My C:\ drive is in fact compressed FAT16. I'm planning to put the
    Win2k on a separate FAT32 (uncompressed) drive. Has anyone tried dual
    booting under such a configuration, and have you run into trouble?
    - tia, vb





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  • From philo@philo@plazaearth.com to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 14:54:42
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    "vinzi benedetto" <vze265s9@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:kiceivgdg161ngc9kc8h8hafuk2fvjq5f7@4ax.com...
    On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:20:21 -0500, "philo" <philo@plazaearth.com>
    wrote:
    Is it possible to run Win95B and Win2000 is a multi-boot setup? I'm
    running 95B now, would like to try 2000, but don't want to lose the
    95B in the process. tia, vb

    http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/dual/dualxp2kon95.html

    Thanks, philo, that's a great resource.

    The site shows installation of the two systems to be possible. But I'm worried by the cautionary line in the page on booting (http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/dual/dual9xother.html):

    Multi-booting when Disk Compression is in use is dangerous!

    I'm not sure what this means. Why would compression be in use during
    boot?

    My C:\ drive is in fact compressed FAT16. I'm planning to put the
    Win2k on a separate FAT32 (uncompressed) drive. Has anyone tried dual
    booting under such a configuration, and have you run into trouble?
    - tia, vb


    i dual boot win98 and win2k with no trouble
    and would think that as long as you did not compress your win95 drive
    you should be ok


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  • From vinzi benedetto@vze265s9@bellatlantic.net to comp.os.ms-windows.misc on Friday, August 01, 2003 05:27:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.ms-windows.misc

    On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:49:27 GMT, Mike Walsh <mikew137@sbcglobal.net>
    wrote:


    Compressed disks are slow and subject to corruption from otherwise minor problems. Doublespace and drivespace were tolerable when disks were small and expensive. There should be not reason to use them today.

    True in general, I guess I just hate to throw things out. I kept my
    orig boot drive (1.6 GB) on this rig because there was nothing wrong
    with it, and have never had any trouble with compression, and Win95B
    runs fine from it.

    Since the important boot files for W95 are uncompressed (not in the
    cvf), I 'm guessing that the only double-boot problem I'll have is
    that the Win2k won't be able to read the cvf. But actually there's
    not much other than the OS on it, and I can move these apps easily. -
    vb
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