Dual-boot apps?

[brisco52]

I have a 40 gb hd with Win 98 as the operating system. I partitioned(Logical) the hd to dual-boot with Win XP as the other operating system. So now I have CWin 98) and DWin XP) and Edata only). I have Norton System Works installed and running on my original hard drive, C:- Do I have to install a copy of NSW on my D:, also? Or when I am booted to D:, can I just put a shortcut icon on the desktop to the Norton System Works exe on my C:? Also, what about all my other apps? Do I have to install all of them to D: if I want to use them in XP? When I partitioned the DWin XP) drive, I made the file system fat32 and made it a logical partition, so I can see all drives and move freely between them. I just don't want to have 1 copy of each app on each drive if it's not necessary.

 

[knporter]

You will have to boot into WinXP and install everything separately. You could install the application in the same location that they are already installed on the C: drive (ie c:\program files\.....). I have done this in the past with success but the chances of having problems will increase greatly. To have the best system stability I would suggest just install the apps again on the d: drive. This will use extra hard drive space but with the size of drives these days that is not really a problem.


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[wolluf]

Try the apps - some may run happily where they are, some may need files in XP's system folder (\windows\system32). The bigger & more complicated they are the more likely you will have to reinstall.

 

[brisco52]

Thanks so much for your help.