NTFS to FAT32

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Homer

I currently have Windows 2000 installed on an NTFS drive.
I now need to install Win 98 for some legacy apps. I can
put it on a seperate hard drive; but is there anyway to
get around the need for a fat32 boot partition? I guess in
short, is there anyway to do this without having to
reinstall Win 2000?
 
Hi, Homer.
get around the need for a fat32 boot partition?
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Win98 can't read, write or even SEE an NTFS partition, so there's no way it
can boot from one. Or be installed on one.
is there anyway to do this without having to
reinstall Win 2000?
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Well, you could install Win98 on the separate hard drive - or on a separate
volume on your first HD - formatted FAT (16 or 32), of course. Then use a
Win98 boot floppy to boot to it. Naturally, the legacy apps would have to
be on a FAT volume, too.

But if you want the convenience of a Win98/Win2K dual boot, the "start
partition" (almost always Drive C:) must be FAT. You could perhaps use a
third-party solution (BootItNG or Boot Magic), but I have no experience with
those.

Are you SURE those apps won't run in Win2K? Have you tried Compatibility
Mode? If you mention the name of the apps, somebody here might recognize
them and know some tricks - unless they're your own custom apps, of course.

RC
 
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