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Conflicts in a dual-boot?

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by rel blackmane

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I thank all who have helped me in the past, whether your question was rejected or accepted. An A+ technician likes all kinds of technical info!
My question is....
I have installed Win98SE on my drive, added a few programs, and then installed Win2000 right on top of Win98. What kinds of conflicts should I expect?
Seen a few instabilities so far.

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by zlitocook

Well it depends on if you have checked all your hardware with microsoft. If all your stuff is M.S. ok then it should not be too bad. But if you have a non M.S. aproved device then you will need to find the right drivers and devices.

by dbouline

Check for any possible version conflicts on your hardware devices. I highly recommend that you visit the vendor sites and download the latest Win 2000 drivers for you hardware. Watch for stability problems with older Win 9X (16-bit) software. I've had problems with older software [FormFlow, some utilities, and some games] that Win 2000 didn't like. The Win 2000 is resource intensive, upgrade to the recommend hardware as the minimum requirements don't run the OS very well.

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