Dual boot or clean install

OK I got my XP Pro CD. Should I make a dual boot between XP and 98 or just get rid of 98 altogether? Most of the programs I have should run in XP and my hardware does have XP drivers available on the sites.

 

"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die.... "

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycleconsumer.mspx

 

I gotta agree. Get all your backups, drivers and programs in order, dump 98, and remember to be flexible as you learn to use XP. XP is different, dramatically, in some areas. (Don't forget to toggle the folders button in WE for common tasks.) Embrace the change- Luna Blue is LOVELY and easy on the eyes.

and since you got the Pro, don't forget this:
Password Expiration
Control Panel/ Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy/
change password expiration to 0

also:
Turn off auto restart
Control Panel/System/Advanced/Startup and recovery
uncheck auto restart to prevent an endless loop of boots when you are having trouble

One more piece of unsolicited advice:
Partition your Hard Drive. You can use as little as 4-6 gigs for your OS and the things that need to latch on there. I have an 8 gig C drive, the rest of my HD is for programs and data storage. Unless I manually wipe D, it remains intact even when I crash and burn the OS, which I do with some frequency because I use my comp to test and tweak other people's systems. (okay, and the truth is- I can't quit my freakin' tweaking!)

We are here if you want us- welcome to our lovely Luna world. (BTW, do NOT watch the little blue bar on the XP splash screen. It contains subliminal messages that will force you into bad marriages, substance abuse, violence, and turning over large sums of money to Microsoft Look away! Look away!

LOL
Johanna

 

You have a bit small hard drive. I'd recommend that you just boot it to XP. XP can be kind of a pig and chew up a lot of real estate. Depending upon how many restore points you think you need, it can grow and grow and grow!

 

re system restore

System restore does eat disk space but only if you let it.It can be reduced in how many backups or checkpoints it retains and in how much space it is allocated.Also the simplest of all use disk cleanup in xp to wipe all but the latest checkpoint on a regular basis.pcfanatic.

 

I have a 40 Gig HD and never come close to using even half of my second partition. XP will fit comfortably in a 4-10 gig partition, depending on your other software, and how you choose to install it. PCFANATIC is right about being able to set System Restore to your exact needs. I don't even use SR on my second partition, because it only affects system files, and there aren't any there!
Johanna

 

XP VERSUS WIN 98.

I have to agree totally with joanna.There is no contest xp is far superior to win 98 and as has been stated it is slowly or maybe not so slowly now dying away.I owe 98 a great deal but xp is a most worthy successor.pcfanatic.