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Subject: Re: question about dual boot

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 13:34:13 06/15/01

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On June 15, 2001 at 13:25:56, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 15, 2001 at 13:07:17, John Dahlem wrote:
>
>>I am considering getting a computer with both Win ME and 2000, so that I could
>>mostly run in 2000 but since some games aren't compatible there (is CM8000?), I
>>could run in ME if needed. My question is, does this hurt performance/anything
>>else at all?
>>
>>John
>
>
>Not a thing except that you lose disk space by having copies of two
>operating systems + support files on your disk.

Actually, when using the second OS you will likely notice a small drop
in disk performance.

This is because files will be put more towards the end of the disk,
and access there is usually slower because of disk geometry.

--
GCP



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