Win XP and repartitioning

[Joshua Bergland]

Seems you've beaten me to the punch with the mbr answer, but I do want 
to make a quick comment.

He said he's running Win ME ... This is (imho) possibly the worst 
version on the 9x line, and an upgrade to WinXP will definitely result 
in more stability... Now, if you want something stable without all the 
added bloat of a flashy interface (although I am a sucker for a flashy 
interface, the Ximian user I am), and the abilty to install more than 
once,  try Windows 2000.

Joshua Bergland

Richard Edelman wrote:

>On Monday 19 November 2001 10:08 am, Eric Gilliland wrote:
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>>I am running Win ME and Mandrake 8.0 on my dual boot Dell 8100.  If I
>>upgrade to Win XP, does anyone know if it will erase my linux partition?
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>It shouldn't destroy any linux partitions, but it will erase your master boot 
>record, so make sure you have a linux boot disk handy so you can reinstall 
>lilo (or grub, if that's what you use).  Another note: you should probably 
>read the Dual Booting Win2k and Linux HowTo at linux.com (don't have time to 
>look for a link, sorry), as WinXP, I believe, uses the good ol' NT Boot 
>Loader. Daisy chaining boot loaders... eww...
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>Yet another note :)  Why are you looking at 'upgrading' to XP? I've played 
>with the betas/release candidates and wasn't really impressed. XP really 
>doesn't have too much to offer as far as an upgrade. It may well do you good 
>to read some reviews on XP before throwing down the money for it.
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>Rich
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