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Undo a dual boot machine?
no_spam_paque...@uwo.ca paque...@uwo.ca microsoft public windows vista networking_sharing microsoft public windows vista general Okay--I've discovered that for an application to write from Vista to any of the folders on the XP partition it must be logged on as Administrator in Vista. If I start any application

Why Windows XP partition keeps running out of space?
If you allow setup to copy setup files to the current XP partition, you can only reinstall. This will only replace the Windows and Documents and Settings folders. See link below for clean install steps. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP xpn...@michaelstevenstech.com

Access denied TO XP-partition folders from Vista on dual-boot ...
Make it NTFS along with my XP partition. That would leave me with Win98SE's partition and a data partition in FAT32. Does that sound like it would work? I'm dual booting XP and Win98SE so all my partitions are FAT32. Is there any way to protect folders from the "Guest" account? Thanks, Les Alderson.

Adding an XP partition
You should be able to get to the documents and settings folder of your XP partition from Windows Explorer in Windows 2000. You have to be set to show hidden files then search for *.pst (if you use Outlook) or *.mbx (if you use Outlook Express). *.wab will get your addresses if you use Outlook express.

HDD space required for full XP installation?
Doing it this way, you won't need to change and drive addresses in 98, since it won't see the XP partition and no drive letters will change. Like AVprogram,drivers,utility programs,"My Music"folder for WMP, etc .(Use 2.83gig.) I want to install XP home "Full Version" Have it. And keep 98SE.

Using unallocated space after deletion of partition
In most cases it is best to install have a second installation of the program residing in the XP partition. Reason: Many programs will setup differently for XP This is simply to get registry entries and personal folders setup for that user. If prompted for a location for installing the program , select the same

Cloning XP partition onto new harddrive
Some of these are on the XP partition and if it was NTFS, 98SE would need it's own separate copy to run. I am disappointed however that so much of the "individuals you can define user access per folder, and then you have the option of making each user's my documents folder private to that user only "Swift323"

XP problem
My Window XP Partition will be small, so I would like it if I could move the location of the "Documents and Settings" and possibly the "Program Files" folders. I presume this isn't just a matter of cutting and pasting them into their new location. ;-) See if this article helps: How to move Shell Folders (and

license question for a dual-boot (Vista/XP) setup
Walter Mautner new.10.eatalls...@spamgourmet.com alt os linux mandrake samg wrote: .... so just to double check, LILO will still be able to install itself even though the primary XP partition will be NTFS? It will by default install a pointer to the linux /boot folder/partition ,where the kernel resides,

Partitioning Information
The idea was only thing relavent to xp would be on the xp partition. Something Ive realised though is that if user 1 saves a document, it will be saved in there document folder (which is what I want) but this folder in on the xp partion (C). Is there a way of using xp's document folders (my documents,

Direct boot either Win98 or XP - help
Does it help since i was the admininstrator and the only user of the original XP? If I can repair the original XP partition, I will definitely move it to a new drive B4 The owner/administrator or member of the administrators group, will then have to grant user access to the files/folders on the NTFS partition.

Windows XP - Partition Magic
The only other way to edit the BCD is to use the command prompt application "credit.exe," located in the Windows\system32 folder of Windows Vista, When you can boot into Vista, you can do what you want with the XP partition. You will need a third party product such as BootItNG to combine the space into one

% of hard disk for system restore
If you're confused, you know how I feel <g> Then follow the instructions below for adding XP If you want XP & ME to access common drives, then make sure they are in FAT32 format. For example: I want both OS to see "My Favorite" folder. From ME I partition a Logical drive at FAT32 and place "My Favorite" folder on

Partitioning on Windows XP
If you do need a reinstall, exactly where is this i386 folder, is it in a separate partition which was set up by micron for just such an occurence or is it in the xp partition. Whats the full path to it if it isn't in the root directory. If xp won't boot, and we can't fix it, how did you intend to access this i386

WindowsXP/Linux Dual Boot
I have four partitions. one for xp, the rest for applications relavent to the user accounts. I have four user accounts. The idea was only thing relavent to xp would be on the xp partition. Something Ive realised though is that if user 1 saves a document, it will be saved in there document folder (which is what I

XP ate my harddrive
I need to replace a corrupted file ("hal.dll") in my XP-C:\Windows\System32 folder that stops me from booting XP. Can I access the XP -C:\ partition from Win2000 and simply copy the file from the XP-CD to the XP-C:\ partition? There seems to be some differences between the Win2000 NTFS and the XP NTFS since

XP Partition Sharing/Hiding
Only microsoft public windowsme systemtools Will, I'm fairly sure that XP doesn't have a _restore folder hence my question. XP's System Restore places a System Volume Information folder on each volume/partition/drive where system restore is enabled so I don't understand how the XP partition has a _restore folder.

System Volume Information Folder
I have System Restore monitoring only my: C: system partition, and J: XP boot partition. QUESTION: Why does my \System Volume Information\ folder in my XP partition (J:) have zero files and zero folders? The SysVolInfo folder in C: has 24 files in 6 folders. Shouldn't my XP partition in J: have some files and

Move or copy large file from VPC partiton to XP partition on a lap
A brute force method of hiding the XP partition from W9.x boots would be to format the XP partition as NTFS. Often it's easiest to dedicate an NTFS partition to the XP system files, and set up another (logical) FAT32 partition, moving the 'My Documents' folder onto this so all systems can see it.

Cannot uninstall Windows XP
Jaimie Vandenbergh jai...@usually.sessile.org alt usenet offline-reader forte-agent On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:08:42 +0000, Geoff Bayes <geo...@brunel.co.uk> wrote: I've just installed Agent on a new XP partition and I'd like to copy the contents of a folder in the old installation (under Win98SE) to the new one.