Windows XP has just emerged and almost everyone is impressed by the operating system that Microsoft says it has spent billions of dollars on. Many people want to try to switch to a new OS but do not break up with what is already familiar. This article has the ambition to share with you are in that situation a few experiences.
Users can install 2 or more operating systems on a computer, provided that you have a way to settle these OSs together. With the ability to support multiple operating systems, you can choose to boot an operating system or specify a default operating system in the absence of any choice at startup computer.
Before using multi-OS support, you should note the following:
Each operating system occupies a certain amount of hard disk space, and file system compatibility is a problem if you install Windows XP on a disk partition and other operating systems on the same partition. Other plates. In addition, pre-Windows versions of Windows 2000, including the Win9x series, can not work in NTFS formatted environments. However, multi-OS support is a valuable feature for those who love to explore but do not want to break up with what is familiar.
Note: Maintaining the installation of multiple operating systems to prevent system crashes will not be necessary if your computer has Windows XP. If your system crashes, let's say that with a newly installed device driver, you can use Safe Mode to boot the operating system with the default settings and you can let Windows XP Know what to do to stabilize the system.
INSTALL WINDOWS 2000 AND WINDOWS XP ON A COMPUTER
Before you install Windows 2000 and Windows XP on a computer you need to prepare different disk partitions for these operating systems. In a nutshell, you have to partition a physical hard drive into logical drives bearing names like C or D, if you have only one hard disk. To do this, you can use very good disk partition utilities such as Partition Magic or System Commander.
For Windows 2000 and Windows XP to exist on the same machine, you must install each OS on a separate disk partition. Of course, the applications of each operating system must also be installed on the partition containing the operating system. Installing these two operating systems on separate disk partitions avoids the overriding of these two operating systems overwritten.
Although both Windows 2000 and Windows XP support FAT and FAT32, the new NTFS format is a worthwhile feature of these two operating systems. Therefore, when installing, you should choose the NTFS disk format for both disk partitions.
In general, you should install Windows 2000 before installing Windows XP. Do not install Windows XP on a compressed disk unless it is compressed under NTFS. You should also note the following tips: To save hard disk, you should install the same applications for both operating systems in a certain location. Let's say you install Microsoft Office on both operating systems, but only one location.
INSTALL WINDOWS NT 4.0 AND WINDOWS XP ON A COMPUTER
Want to install Windows XP and earlier operating systems in the Windows family such as Windows NT Workstation 4.0, for example, you need to pay attention to compatibility issues between file systems. Normally, the NTFS file system is considered the number one choice because it has very good features such as Active Directory services and high security. However, do not use NTFS on a computer that has both Windows XP and Windows NT Workstation 4.0. On these computers, the FAT or FAT32 disk partition containing the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 will allow access to the necessary files when the machine is booted into the OS. Furthermore, if Windows NT is not installed on the original disk partition, which is usually the first partition on the disk, the first disk partition should also be formatted according to the FAT file system. The reason for this is because previous OSes will not be able to access a formatted disk partition under the latest NTFS version. However, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 and later versions are an exception. That means they can access the disk partitions created by the latest NTFS file system, of course with some limitations. However, even the latest Service Pack can not access files that use new NTFS features. Windows NT 4.0 can not access files stored in NTFS partitions after Windows NT 4.0. For example, Windows NT 4.0 will not be able to open an encrypted file because of the possibility of encrypting the file after the OS.
Note: If you install Windows NT 3.51 or earlier Windows family on a FAT partition, and Windows XP on an NTFS partition, you will not be able to see the NTFS partition when you run NT 3.51.
INSTALL MS-DOS OR WINDOWS 9x WITH WINDOWS XP ON A COMPUTER
As mentioned above, you need to consider the compatibility of file systems before planning to install Windows XP with the previous Windows OS. You need to know that operating systems on NTFS partitions can access files on FAT or FAT32 partitions, but things will not happen. And you also have to note that, the previous OS pre-installed,
The latest version must be installed last.
MS-DOS WITH WINDOWS XP
MS-DOS must be installed on the original disk partition under the FAT format. After that you should install Windows XP
INSTALL WINDOWS 9X WITH WINDOWS XP
As is the case with MS-DOS, Windows 9x must be installed on the root partition under FAT (FAT32 if you are running Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows ME). If Windows 9x is not installed on the original disk partition, the root partition must also be formatted according to FAT (or FAT32 if Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows ME).
Note: Windows XP will not recognize compressed components using DriveSpace or DoubleSpace. However, you do not need to unzip because you only use Windows 9x to access these components only.
INSTALLING LINUX RED HAT 7.1 AND WINDOWS XP ON A COMPUTER
If you want to have both Linux Red Hat 7.1 and Windows XP on your computer, then the first thing to do is to create the appropriate disk partition for each operating system. Because the Linux file system Different from Windows and not accessible to each other so you should for Windows XP partition NTFS and Red Hat Linux Native partition along Linux Swap. In this case, you should use the partition program Familiar drives such as Partition Magic, System Commander ... help to partition hard drive as desired. You should install Windows XP before installing Red Hat 7.1. When installing Red Hat 7.1 you need to pay attention to installing LILO on the Master Boot Record (MBR). However, you do not have to worry about this because Red Hat 7.1 chose its default installation mode as such. Also by default Red Hat calls the disk partition containing the other OS is [dos], you should revert to Windows Xp for convenience later. Every time you turn on the computer, Lilo will boot first and give you the option to run. Which operating system, Red Hat or Windows XP.
INSTALLING COMPARISON WITH WINDOWS XP ON A COMPUTER
On your computer can be present Win9x. ME, NT, 2000, XP, Linux, BeOS or almost any OS as long as you install them. However, you should only do this "foolish" if you are a true computer enthusiast. I see, there are many articles on PCW Vietnam that deal with the installation of multiple operating systems on a PC. So, here I will not mention in detail how to do, just please note the following points:
· First, you need to back up the important data
· Install System Commander 2000 (SC2000) on a FAT or FAT32 partition
Use SC2000 to create partitions for the OS
· Install install from previous OS (You must always choose Clean Installation)
After completing the installation of the operating system, you must use a boot disk (for example, Win98) to access the SC2000 folder (usually named SC), and then run scin.exe. the operating system.
Of course, while doing the work you will encounter many problems that you initially feel unable to solve. Do not be discouraged, and you will immediately see that the problem is not so hard. I firmly believe that you and I are very much in love with the feeling when we solve a problem that we previously thought was beyond our ability.
