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Vanquish · 07-23-2003, 02:43 PM

Not just that but if you install Dos first you can do EVERYTHING manually, some new OSs dislike you changing things yourself for instance, if you install Dos first and do not have a boot disk that allows you to put a Logo on the System screen (Like most OEMs such as Dell / Gateway) Through Dos you can set up the new installation to do this. Also you can (if you know what your doing) fix problems without worring about using a small 600k partition like what a Floppy boot would use for Dos.

Thats just with Win 98, I dont know about 2k or XP.

07-23-2003, 02:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Vanquish Insane Location: Truro, Nova Scotia	Not just that but if you install Dos first you can do EVERYTHING manually, some new OSs dislike you changing things yourself for instance, if you install Dos first and do not have a boot disk that allows you to put a Logo on the System screen (Like most OEMs such as Dell / Gateway) Through Dos you can set up the new installation to do this. Also you can (if you know what your doing) fix problems without worring about using a small 600k partition like what a Floppy boot would use for Dos. Thats just with Win 98, I dont know about 2k or XP.