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abu_has_the_power
08-20-2003, 12:50 AM
wat r some good programs or software or watever to install Windows XP Chinese and Windows XP Pro Corp on 1 harddrive? do i need software, cuz i think u can divide the drive into 2 partitions and install a different os on each partition. but how do u do that?

shareshareshare
08-20-2003, 12:57 AM
USe partition Magic.

callum
08-20-2003, 01:03 AM
Originally posted by shareshareshare@20 August 2003 - 01:57
USe partition Magic.
I would agree with that, I would also suggest you create 3 partitions.
A fairly small one for each OS and a larger one for download's and other files.
I think you would also need a small FAT partition for bootmagic.

ooo
08-20-2003, 06:58 PM
partition magic is dangerous tho... w/ an active drive.... you should format then make some partition manually when ur installing hte first os...

my friend messed up partitioning w/ partition magic twice on an active drive...

the-ninja69
08-20-2003, 07:55 PM
I highly agree with soul, partition magic is dangerous. I tried installing Linux on a second partition and it fucked up the boot file for windows and the computer wouldn't boot anymore. Then i was stuck with Linux and i had to reformat, a whole big mess.

abu_has_the_power
08-20-2003, 11:22 PM
so i should just make the disk into 2 partitions and install them on each partition in like dos mode or something? ok, that will work. just heard some people say partition magic 8 was good, but if u guys say it fucks up ur comp, ok, i'll install it the original way.

balamm
08-21-2003, 12:18 AM
Power Quest Volume Manager (for servers) is the one to use. It's slow and thorough but it does a much better, safer job.

It's a bit hard to find but try emule.

iMartin
08-21-2003, 12:48 AM
Oscar, its what the Pro's use on TechTV ;)