On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 at 16:12:24 -0600 Joseph N. wrote: DRA>> My existing software would remain on the C drive, unless and until DRA>> I decide on the migration of some software. Eventually I would DRA>> remove the OS from that C drive.
> I think that approach, while it would work, has a specific risk and > misses a specific opportunity. I'm not a pro in this field, but from > my user's perspective, it is best to boot a Windows machine from the > C: drive. That is what the OS expects, so that is where it looks for > drivers, etc. I'm no expert either, but my experience (and as I told David, I did this all the time) shows that Win NT/2k/XP don't don't foolishly assume its system to be on drive C. Especially after Win2k, it handles dual-boot system pretty well. Some APPs do make foolish assumptions, but they're getting rarer by the day, I believe. > I think you'd contain your risk now and into the > future, and comply with the various programmers' expectations, by > doing the following: Purchase a disk ghosting/imaging software (like > Norton Ghost or the main competitor, whose name I cannot recall right > now); DriveImage, I believe. And there's shareware/freeware. > install and format a new D: drive; defrag and scandisk your c: drive; > ghost the image of the entire c: drive to the d: drive; then format > the c: drive and install XP. This is good if you don't really need to go back and forth between two systems during the transition. You see, leaving Win98 as it is may be more than just keeping a safe backup plan (in case WinXP fails). The transition could take weeks, or even months, that keeping the old system as it is provides many advantages. Of course, it all depends on how you like to proceed with the upgrade. There's no one-size-fits-all answer for this, IMHO. Are you on TBOT? Please follow up there if you want to continue. -- Best regards, Ming-Li The Bat! 1.62 Beta/17 | WinXP SP-1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
