Old Win98SE Pc, almost time to put it away.

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LANTERN — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 09:54:44 GMT

It is a multiboot configuration which is fairly easy to do with Win98SE and a boot loader, I use a boot loader that is able to boot up to 100 partitions, each with their own operating system of course, but of course also only one partition and operating system can be booted at any one time. Let us say that you have 10 partitions and each of them has an operating system in it, you keep one of them unused just for emergencies as a nice and clean fresh master partition, it has an operati... [ More ]

Comment #3

justxploring — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:23:48 GMT

Sounds as if you have a lot more technical experience than I do. I've always used just one operating system.

Comment #2

LANTERN — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:47:08 GMT

You are right, I will get used to it. Thank you. Putting several partitions in a hard drive each with their own operating system can sometimes be a help, it does give a big measure of security, if one of them gives trouble for whatever reason, just switch to another partition and later when you have a little time, clone a good partition into the space where the bad one is and it will be as good as new again, a fresh installation of Windows, but complete with everything in it alre... [ More ]

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justxploring — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:00:41 GMT

Enjoy your new super computer. I don't think you'll have any trouble making the adjustment! I remember in the mid 1980s when my company put an IBM in front of me and said "this is a computer - learn it!" and I went home trembling.

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