rec.autos.simulators

> For those of you running Windows XP:  I just installed XP Pro on a brand
> new hard drive.  I'm taking it very slowly and carefully, as I want to
> maintain the usability of my present Win98SE hard drive for as long as
> possible.  No apps have been installed yet (except for what came with
> XP) and by some miracle, the Internet connection automatically
> configured itself, and I somehow got my e-mail account re-set up.
> (Thank Goodness).  I have a couple of basic questions.

> Obviously, a priority is getting my racing sims to run properly (GPL,
> WinVROC, GTR2002, NR2003, etc, etc).

> 1.  Is it best to have your apps/sims installed on an NTFS partition or
> should I stick with FAT32?
> 2.  During XP install, I set up a 20 GIG partition (NTFS) which I plan
> to use strictly for the operating system and (perhaps) GoBack3.  The
> hard drive and this partition were installed thru the XP installation,
> but it never asked me to "install" the remaining partition.
> Consequently, XP only sees my 20 Gig partition and not my remaining 60
> Gigs of space on this hard drive.  How do I get it to see the rest of
> the drive?
> 3.  I eventually will re-install all of my apps/sims onto this hard
> drive.  Then I want to use my old hard drive as a secondary hard drive.
> To make this task easier, I'd like to just install patches, etc from my
> old hard drive rather than have to search fro them on the Net and
> re-downlaod them all.  But this old drive has Win98 installed on it.
> Can this old drive be set-up as non-bootable and still have Win98
> installed on it?
> 4.  Finally, is it a good idea to run a dual OS system?  (XP and
> Win98SE).  If so, how easy is it for me to have XP on this new drive,
> but still be able to boot on occassion thru Win98SE from the old drive?
> Or do both OS's need to reside on the same physical drive?  (I hope that
> question is clear.....)

> Thanks for any help with this.  Any thoughts on how I'm setting the
> system up (pro or con) would also be appreciated.  Win XP installation
> went quite smoothly (except for not recognizing the 2nd partition, and
> not being able to print -- probably need a new driver, I guess).  I've
> put the old drive back in the PC now, so that I have a fully operational
> system in the meantime again.

> FYI, my system is an Epox 8Kha+ mobo, Radeon 9700 Pro, 512 Megs RAM,
> SoundBlaster Live, Logi MOMO Force wheel, TSW pedals, Cable Modem.

> Thanks!

> Bert

> See inline.

> > For those of you running Windows XP:  I just installed XP Pro on a
> > brand new hard drive.  I'm taking it very slowly and carefully, as I
> > want to maintain the usability of my present Win98SE hard drive for
> > as long as possible.  No apps have been installed yet (except for
> > what came with XP) and by some miracle, the Internet connection
> > automatically configured itself, and I somehow got my e-mail account
> > re-set up. (Thank Goodness).  I have a couple of basic questions.

> > Obviously, a priority is getting my racing sims to run properly (GPL,
> > WinVROC, GTR2002, NR2003, etc, etc).

> > 1.  Is it best to have your apps/sims installed on an NTFS partition
> > or should I stick with FAT32?

> I prefer NTFS totally , more stable and secure. All my hard drives on XP Pro
> are formatted NTFS, all my games play fine on it.

> > 2.  During XP install, I set up a 20 GIG partition (NTFS) which I plan
> > to use strictly for the operating system and (perhaps) GoBack3.  The
> > hard drive and this partition were installed thru the XP installation,
> > but it never asked me to "install" the remaining partition.
> > Consequently, XP only sees my 20 Gig partition and not my remaining 60
> > Gigs of space on this hard drive.  How do I get it to see the rest of
> > the drive?

> 20 gb is probably a little large for the system parition, however if you do
> use GoBack on it, then perhaps not. Be sure and disable system restore in XP
> should you elect to go with GoBack.
> When you installed XP, you paritioned and formatted your C partition. That
> is now your system parition. Now, in Windows, go into contol panel,
> administrative services, and computer management. Click on disk management.
> Here you will see your 20 gb system parition marked as active and healthy,
> and you will see the remainder of your hard drive space marked as
> unallocated. You can parition and format it right from here, in XP's disk
> management.

> > 3.  I eventually will re-install all of my apps/sims onto this hard
> > drive.  Then I want to use my old hard drive as a secondary hard
> > drive. To make this task easier, I'd like to just install patches,
> > etc from my old hard drive rather than have to search fro them on the
> > Net and re-downlaod them all.  But this old drive has Win98 installed
> > on it. Can this old drive be set-up as non-bootable and still have
> > Win98 installed on it?
> > 4.  Finally, is it a good idea to run a dual OS system?  (XP and
> > Win98SE).  If so, how easy is it for me to have XP on this new drive,
> > but still be able to boot on occassion thru Win98SE from the old
> > drive? Or do both OS's need to reside on the same physical drive?  (I
> > hope that question is clear.....)

> I have never run dual boot, and never really needed too. However, it is my
> understanding should you want to do this, you need to install 98 first on
> the main partition, then install XP on another.
> But yes, you can slave the old drive to the new one, keeping all the files
> on it, and use it to store, move, copy, etc data files. Any programs on it
> would have to be reinstalled.

> > Thanks for any help with this.  Any thoughts on how I'm setting the
> > system up (pro or con) would also be appreciated.  Win XP installation
> > went quite smoothly (except for not recognizing the 2nd partition, and
> > not being able to print -- probably need a new driver, I guess).  I've
> > put the old drive back in the PC now, so that I have a fully
> > operational system in the meantime again.

> > FYI, my system is an Epox 8Kha+ mobo, Radeon 9700 Pro, 512 Megs RAM,
> > SoundBlaster Live, Logi MOMO Force wheel, TSW pedals, Cable Modem.

> > Thanks!

> > Bert

> Sounds like your doing fine. As long as you don't have any games or apps
> that won't run on XP, I would go ahead and make the system full XP with NTFS
> formatting. Be sure and check for any XP updates to programs and apps you
> might want to reinstall.
> Go ahead and partition and reformatt your remaining unallocated space. Then,
> make sure you have the lastest drivers installed for your hardware. Then, go
> to windows update and download and install the updates, if you see a SP1 (
> which means it was not inluded in your version of XP cd), then download and
> instal it first, then go get the remaining updates.

> Good luck,

> --
> Don Burnette

> remove clothes when replying via email

> Thanks a lot, Don!

>> See inline.

>>> For those of you running Windows XP:  I just installed XP Pro on a
>>> brand new hard drive.  I'm taking it very slowly and carefully, as I
>>> want to maintain the usability of my present Win98SE hard drive for
>>> as long as possible.  No apps have been installed yet (except for
>>> what came with XP) and by some miracle, the Internet connection
>>> automatically configured itself, and I somehow got my e-mail account
>>> re-set up. (Thank Goodness).  I have a couple of basic questions.

>>> Obviously, a priority is getting my racing sims to run properly
>>> (GPL, WinVROC, GTR2002, NR2003, etc, etc).

>>> 1.  Is it best to have your apps/sims installed on an NTFS partition
>>> or should I stick with FAT32?

>> I prefer NTFS totally , more stable and secure. All my hard drives
>> on XP Pro are formatted NTFS, all my games play fine on it.

>>> 2.  During XP install, I set up a 20 GIG partition (NTFS) which I
>>> plan
>>> to use strictly for the operating system and (perhaps) GoBack3.  The
>>> hard drive and this partition were installed thru the XP
>>> installation, but it never asked me to "install" the remaining
>>> partition.
>>> Consequently, XP only sees my 20 Gig partition and not my remaining
>>> 60 Gigs of space on this hard drive.  How do I get it to see the
>>> rest of
>>> the drive?

>> 20 gb is probably a little large for the system parition, however if
>> you do use GoBack on it, then perhaps not. Be sure and disable
>> system restore in XP should you elect to go with GoBack.
>> When you installed XP, you paritioned and formatted your C
>> partition. That is now your system parition. Now, in Windows, go
>> into contol panel, administrative services, and computer management.
>> Click on disk management. Here you will see your 20 gb system
>> parition marked as active and healthy, and you will see the
>> remainder of your hard drive space marked as unallocated. You can
>> parition and format it right from here, in XP's disk management.

>>> 3.  I eventually will re-install all of my apps/sims onto this hard
>>> drive.  Then I want to use my old hard drive as a secondary hard
>>> drive. To make this task easier, I'd like to just install patches,
>>> etc from my old hard drive rather than have to search fro them on
>>> the
>>> Net and re-downlaod them all.  But this old drive has Win98
>>> installed
>>> on it. Can this old drive be set-up as non-bootable and still have
>>> Win98 installed on it?
>>> 4.  Finally, is it a good idea to run a dual OS system?  (XP and
>>> Win98SE).  If so, how easy is it for me to have XP on this new
>>> drive,
>>> but still be able to boot on occassion thru Win98SE from the old
>>> drive? Or do both OS's need to reside on the same physical drive?
>>> (I hope that question is clear.....)

>> I have never run dual boot, and never really needed too. However, it
>> is my understanding should you want to do this, you need to install
>> 98 first on the main partition, then install XP on another.
>> But yes, you can slave the old drive to the new one, keeping all the
>> files on it, and use it to store, move, copy, etc data files. Any
>> programs on it would have to be reinstalled.

>>> Thanks for any help with this.  Any thoughts on how I'm setting the
>>> system up (pro or con) would also be appreciated.  Win XP
>>> installation went quite smoothly (except for not recognizing the
>>> 2nd partition, and not being able to print -- probably need a new
>>> driver, I guess).  I've put the old drive back in the PC now, so
>>> that I have a fully
>>> operational system in the meantime again.

>>> FYI, my system is an Epox 8Kha+ mobo, Radeon 9700 Pro, 512 Megs RAM,
>>> SoundBlaster Live, Logi MOMO Force wheel, TSW pedals, Cable Modem.

>>> Thanks!

>>> Bert

>> Sounds like your doing fine. As long as you don't have any games or
>> apps that won't run on XP, I would go ahead and make the system full
>> XP with NTFS formatting. Be sure and check for any XP updates to
>> programs and apps you might want to reinstall.
>> Go ahead and partition and reformatt your remaining unallocated
>> space. Then, make sure you have the lastest drivers installed for
>> your hardware. Then, go to windows update and download and install
>> the updates, if you see a SP1 ( which means it was not inluded in
>> your version of XP cd), then download and instal it first, then go
>> get the remaining updates.

>> Good luck,

>> --
>> Don Burnette

>> remove clothes when replying via email