[Coco] Emulator problems under XP

[Fedor Steeman]

OK, well I do not feel much like deleting, reformatting and partitioning my
main HD, so this 'partition magic'-tool seems like a good option. I also do
have a second HD in my WinXP machine that I transplanted once from my old
and dead Win98 machine. Are you saying that  I can install DOS 7 on that
secondary HD (perhaps partition first)? How would I make the system boot
from that HD instead of the main one then? Will I still be able to access my
CD-drives?

Cheers,
Fedor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Blunt" <sblunt at agsecorp.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Coco] Emulator problems under XP


> Or just add a second harddrive. Much easier and safer IMHO.
>
> Bob
>
I agree it is safer to add a second HD. But I am ALWAYS restricted by the
cost of a second HD. But as Dos can only address 2GB, it is hard to find
smaller HD, and usually you end up needing to partition it anyway (currently
I have a 9GB drive split into 5 partitions).

A lot of older Dos stuff didn't understand drives other then C: for HD and
D:
for Cdrom. But that only affects people like me who are trying to run 15
year
old PC software on  modern pc's. Often I find it is easier to run an
emulator
for other systems (eg coco) then to get older PC software to work.