[Papyrus-L] Re: Papyrus-L digest, Vol 1 #84 - 1 msg

Wed Jan 15 11:06:22 EST 2003

Hi folks...

When the topic turned to dual boot systems of using Win98SE and XP, a big
red flag went off in my brain.   I could be wrong but I remember reading in
my 2.5" XP "How-To" book that dual partions like this can only be done if
you are using FAT32.   By default, XP would rather use NTFS which I recall
reading is NOT compatible with dual boot partitions and as such Win98SE
won't operate.   So you need to click your hard drive, then go for
properties and look.

Again.. I could be wrong but I'd hate to see someone fail because of this...

I take it that no XP work arounds have come up?   (Need to try it for
myself... )

Best regards...

David

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Coates" <tecoates at comcast.net>
To: <papyrus-l at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 20:49
Subject: [Papyrus-L] Re: Papyrus-L digest, Vol 1 #84 - 1 msg

> I don't know much about XP, but with Windows NT and W2K you could create a
> 15MB Windows 98 partition on your new hard drive and keep your document
and
> related items there. Windows would  ask you at boot time which partition
you
> wanted to activate. You can probably do this with XP as well. It's been a
> popular technique for the past seven or eight years for solving just the
> problem you describe: incompatibility between the old app and the new OS.
Do a
> web search on "dual boot" for the step-by-step. Sorry I can't provide it.
>
> Be mindful of a possible difference in file formats between W98 and XP.
>
> Tom Coates
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> >From: "YColeman" <nutncons at netlink.com.au>
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> >Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 21:08:39 +1100
> >Subject: [Papyrus-L] XPXP + Papyrus
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> >I have recently upgraded both hardware and software - the software from =
> >Windows 98 + Office 2000 to Windows XP + Office XP.
> >
> >I have a 7.6MB document in table format, and with thousands of =
> >references.
> >
> >The document was successfully managed on the previous system. Since =
> >changing to XPXP, the table format is lost in the .NEW document, and the
=
> >system crashes.
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> >I tried changing (a copy of a smaller version of) the file to a Word =
> >6/95 document, and could not open the .NEW file.=20
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> >I write to request advice and hopefully solutions!
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