UPDATE
OK, this is the project from hell, as I have been all sorts of issue since this morning:
* Bought a 32GB CF (SanDisk Extreme), and partitioned into FAT32 and NTFS, using the following sizes:
FAT32 (4GB), and NTFS (the remaining 28GB) on the CF
* Cloned my existing Win98SE (previously installed on a 2GB SanDisk Ultra CF), using Acronis True Image 2017.
* It successfully cloned the Win98SE on the FAT32 partition that I have created, leaving the NTFS partition intact.
* Attempted to install Windows 2000, and although it recognizes and *sees* the 28GB NTFS partition on the CF , forces me to format it (and delete the partition), but for some reason does not format it. I get the:
"Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged."
* This time, used a real, mechanical 80GB WD hard drive, and repeated the steps above, which it successfully formatted, and installed Windows 2000 Pro on it.
* Next, when I tried to clone this physical Hdd back onto my 32GB CF, although it successfully clones, and I can see the dual boot menu, when I choose the Win2K, I get a BSOD. (did not get it on physical hdd though)
* The Win98SE however boots fine (both on reall hdd, and cloned CF)
* The other issue is the Windows 2000 Pro can not see my other CF card (a 128GB SanDisk Extreme CF, set as D:\ which contains all my Windows based games (Quake, etc. installed under Win98SE), existing on a separate IDE channel, and *yes*, I made sure to disconnect it when I installed Windows 2000 Pro)
* Windows 2000 Pro simply sees the 128GB SanDisk Extreme CF as a Removable Disk, and when I click on it, it wants to format the drive!
* Win98SE can see 128GB SanDisk Extreme CF however.
As you can see, the idea of being able to boot into both systems, see my gaming CF card, and play off of either OS, has not been able to be successfully realized.
Therefore I am thinking maybe I should install Windows 2000 Pro as a standalone OS on this new 32GB CF card, and copy all the games on it as well, and swap (as painful as it is) between the CF cards, when I need to (between the 2GB Win98SE CF card, and this one that is)
Unless
I clone my games CF onto a real physical hdd, and stop using CF cards altogether, its frustrating that Win98SE sees the CF, but Win2K can not.
What do you think?
PIII-800E | Abit BH-6 | GeForce FX 5200 | 64MB SD-RAM PC100 | AWE64 Gold | Sound Canvas 55 MKII | SoftMPU | 16GBGB Transcend CF as C:\ and 64GB Transcend CF D:\ (Games) | OS: MS-DOS 7.1-Win98SE-WinME-Win2K Pro (multi-OS menu Using System Commander 2K)