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Product: Windows� 2000 Professional Operating System
Company: Microsoft Corporation
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000
List Price: $319.00 
Review By: Julien Jay

Dual Boot

Table Of Contents
1: Introduction
2: System Requirements
3: Pricing & Upgrades
4: Setup
5: Graphic User Interface
6: Hardware Features
7: File System
8: Dual Boot
9: Security & RAS
10: Laptop Support
11: Software & Gaming
12: Imaging Devices
13: Applets
14: Accessibility & MMC
15: Printers & Networking
16: Updates & Languages
17: Conclusion
18: Resources

With this kind of operating system many users will want to keep Windows 98SE to preserve compatibility with specific hardware or software. They�ll also want to keep Windows 98 to play games! So dual boot is for you! If you choose in the setup the �install on another partition� option then you�ll have to choose the drive where you want to install Windows 2000 and the dual boot will automatically be created (worry free!!) if you�ve got Windows 95/98/98SE on the primary drive. Once the dual boot is created when you�ll start your computer it�ll ask you to choose between Win 2k or Win 98SE. You�ll be able to tweak this feature to select your default starting OS and the time after the OS should be automatically launched. However there�s an issue with the dual boot that is almost panicle: if you want to use Word 2000 or other software on Windows 98 and Windows 2000 you�ll have to install them twice in two different locations as the OS don�t share the same registry� So one shared software will take more hard disk size as you can guess!

Tip: You should keep Windows 98 on the first hard disk and install Windows 2000 on the second one to enjoy better performance.

 

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