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ok i hear so much jumping up and down about win 2k. so tell me this? i got a p3 800 128mg of pc 133 and 30gigs of hd space. will win 2k be compatible with all my hardware and games (im big on that)n dont forget my network. i got 2 slugs who share my dsl connection with me (i didnt really say that). as you can see we are stretching the system to its limits. i invite all to tell me how win 2k is gonna be worth shelling out the bux.
I dual Boot with WinME and Win2000 purely because Win2000 does some funny stuff with games. Win2000 is a good, solid operating system, and will run 20 to 30% faster than win98 + ME with your system.
how do you dual boot?
I also dual boot, but mostly use Windows ME because Win2K doen't support some of my hardware. Make sure drivers written for Win2K are avalible for your hardware first.
I like the feel of Windows 2000(more stable and faster once it gets going) but Windows ME is easier to setup and has more features.
To dual boot: install Windows ME first then Install Windows 2000 on a different partition. It will automatically set itself up to dual boot.
If you plan to play games most with your PC, stick to WinME. However, Dual Booting would allow you to try using a particualr game in Win2000 environment with out having to Reinstall WinME once you find it doesnt work.
Also, when you install Win2000, make sure you either install it on it's on partition, or make sure you DO NOT Convert your C: drive to NTFS. Keep it at Fat32. WinME will NOT read NTFS drives.
Thanx for the info on dual booting. :)
im soon going to get a gigabyte mainboard with a 1gig p3@133 with 128mg pc133ram and a geforce 32mg video card any one have any experience with a setup such as this with win2k?