Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: The ultimate shop PC sytem

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 08:52:55PM -0500, JanRwl@... wrote:

> In a message dated 12/2/2002 6:50:09 PM Central Standard Time,
>
> Art:
>
> Thanks, that makes sense, EXCEPT I am talking about a BRAND NEW gigamega HP
> that CAME with ' XP, already "duplicated" on the same drive with
> "partitioning" so that it can be "restored" from the same drive, when/if
> necessary. What YOU propose would Format (wipe clean) the "came with" OP
> SYS! I would just want to ADD '98, etc.! Making a "dual use" computer out
> of it. Additionally, I am not the brightest pebble in the river, so WHATEVER
> I dare tried, it would surely TOTAL a good machine!
>
> Jan Rowland
>

Ah well, that's really the best way. You might get away with
repartitioning the backup partition, but it's getting ugly. The
chances of using a lot of time and screwing it up and having to reload
anyway are starting to get significant. If you really want to keep the
original disk, get another big disk, partition that, copy the XP
partition onto that (using something like DriveCopy) along with your
other OSes. Then you have the original disk as a backup. OEMs tend
to make things simple for them and for users who want the vanilla setup.
Adding additional OSes is not part of the design spec. And, they probably
saved 50 cents by not giving you a CD.

If you're feeling lucky, wipe out the backup partition, resize the orignal,
create additional partitions as required and copy the original to a new
backup. There's probably a fair chance of something going wrong with that
though and XP will probably complain about something.

Paul

who once spent an entire day trying to get an OEM Win2K restore CD to restore
into a different sized partition without success. Solution: throw the CD away.


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