Dual boot to same partition or not?

[rande]

I was running my kid's machine with dual Win98/2000 OS's in the same partition. We just got a new drive and are installing clean to it. As before, I'd like to dual boot.

I've been told that it's better to create separate partitions for each system due to something about the two Window's gettting confused about different versions (win98 or 2000) of applications installed to the same drive letter, or something like that.

Is this true? If so, can I just use Partition Magic to create a new partition; then copy the Win2000 disk to it and run the install? I want to make sure it offers the opportunity to "Not Upgrade" so '98 will come up as a boot option.

T.I.A.

[thePh@r@oh]

dont know about it getting confused but i do know that 2 partitions are better than the same partition and 2 drives are even better than that.

[Dax_Brandy]

if you use the same partition, both windows will use the same program files folder.. so it is better to put them on separate partitions.. you can use fdisk or ranish partition manager to create two partitions.. make sure you install windows 98 first before installing windows 2000.

[Whitehawk]

i agree with Dax_Brandy..

i installed 2 copies of windows on the same partition and it was a nightmare.

partition your hard drive and then install on both