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WillowIX · 09-19-2002, 05:53 PM

I´ll just post my plans and get some opinions then lol. Partition magic isn´t a problem, I was just a bit worried about losing my data on the drive. Here´s what I´m planning to do:
Switch master and slave (getting a 30Gb C-drive)

On C: (30Gb)I´d like to install win2k since that´s the OS I like to use. That leaves me enough room for all the programs and games I´m running.
On D: (10Gb) I though to install win98 for some older games, system shock etc that doesn´t work on win2k. Since this is on the same drive (partitioned) there´s no problem in switching OS, just a punch on F8 on startup and then choose the OS I want.
E: Would be the second hard drive (15Gb) too be used as a storing facility until I get the time to put it on CDs..

Will this work? Oh and Lharae I´m using FAT32. After I re-partitioned I though I´d move all data to the future D: (currently E

, reformate the future C: (currently D

and install win2k on that. Then I make the hard drive switch making my old master the slave. Format the new slave and move everything off the 10Gb partition to that one. K now I´ve got a 30Gb C: woth win2k, an empty D: (formated) and a new store drive that has no OS at all. When all that´s done I´d install win98 on the D: partition. Since there´s no data there none can be lost. Did you follow? And more important; will it work? I can see no reason why it shouldn´t, since I format all the drives and then moving the data between them... Of course I could also backup everything that needs saving on CDs.

09-19-2002, 05:53 PM	#4
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 51 Posts: 4,628	I´ll just post my plans and get some opinions then lol. Partition magic isn´t a problem, I was just a bit worried about losing my data on the drive. Here´s what I´m planning to do: Switch master and slave (getting a 30Gb C-drive) On C: (30Gb)I´d like to install win2k since that´s the OS I like to use. That leaves me enough room for all the programs and games I´m running. On D: (10Gb) I though to install win98 for some older games, system shock etc that doesn´t work on win2k. Since this is on the same drive (partitioned) there´s no problem in switching OS, just a punch on F8 on startup and then choose the OS I want. E: Would be the second hard drive (15Gb) too be used as a storing facility until I get the time to put it on CDs.. Will this work? Oh and Lharae I´m using FAT32. After I re-partitioned I though I´d move all data to the future D: (currently E, reformate the future C: (currently D and install win2k on that. Then I make the hard drive switch making my old master the slave. Format the new slave and move everything off the 10Gb partition to that one. K now I´ve got a 30Gb C: woth win2k, an empty D: (formated) and a new store drive that has no OS at all. When all that´s done I´d install win98 on the D: partition. Since there´s no data there none can be lost. Did you follow? And more important; will it work? I can see no reason why it shouldn´t, since I format all the drives and then moving the data between them... Of course I could also backup everything that needs saving on CDs. __________________ Confuzzled by nature.