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by aelara

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I am running a 1.9 Ghz amd processor with 350+MB of Ram and have an 80GB HDD. The HDD has 5 partitions, each one with a different OS on it. I installed Win98se, Win2KPro, WinXP pro and another partition for backups. My problem is I cannot get Win MEinstalled onto the remaining partition. For whatever reason it keeps telling me that another Wnndows OS has been detected and suggests I purchase the upgrade disc as opposed to the clean install disc I am trying to install.I know there is meant to be a way to remedy this that involves disabling some startup files on the other OS's. Could anyone be so kind as to let me into the secret or alternatively give me another type of answer to my question.

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by cg it

ok...well..you could use a 3rd party utility like System Commander. That will let you install multiple O/S's including having a MAC O/S and a Windows O/S residing on the same hard drive.

You fail to mention how your booting your computer. That might shed some light as to which of the Windows O/S's is detecting Windows ME (probably Windows 98SE).

by henryreed

try to start from the begining put in 98 first and later me and later 2000 and later xp last

delete the partions and start over

by pinoy_teknik

So if i am right your system are already multi-booted and you need to install other version of Windows..

My question is what Boot Manager did you used to multi-boot your system. Maybe your Boot Manager can do the task... Find some option regarding to your Boot Manager..

In my own solution...

System Commander 7 can do the task....
It can handle partitioning.
There is a OS wizard,

here is the link for the SC7
http://www.v-com.com/product/sc7_ind.html

Hope this helps!!

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by c.barnhorst

You cannot have more than four active partitions on a single hard drive. You can have as many extended partitions as you want, but no more than four (bootable) active partitions. This is reflected in the system setup screen where you have four boot choices.

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