Win95 / Windows NT 4.0 Dual Boot Install Procedure
- Document ID: 94000148
- Posted Date: 1996-08-19
- Last Updated: 1996-08-19
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- Applicable Models
Satellite All Qosmio All Portege All Tecra All Satellite Pro All
- Information
- ********Warning**********
Installing a dual boot system on your computer may limit future Technical Support from Toshiba. At this time Toshiba is not able to support a dual boot system.
PROCEDURE FOR
Windows 95/Windows NT4 Dual Boot Installation
(The following procedure was developed for Toshiba Notebook
computers with one internal hard drive and assumes that
Windows 95 is already installed on the computer)
The Windows 95/Widows NT4 Dual Boot Setup Installation procedure is completed in 8 distinct steps. It is strongly recommended that the steps be completed in the order listed below.
Step 1. Partition your drive to allow W95 and NT4 to exist on separate partitions
Step 2. Boot to Windows 95 and download the required Toshiba NT drivers and utilities
Step 3. Install NT4 (CD-ROM assumed)
Step 4. Install NT Networking (If required)
Step 5. Install SP3
Step 6. Install Toshiba Drivers / Utilities Install All Toshiba Drivers [Except APM (NT Utils) and Sound]
Step 7. Install Remaining Toshiba Utilities / Drivers Install APM, SCI, Utilities Install Sound Drivers
Step 8. Install IE4.0 (or other browser if desired)
STEP 1. PARTITION YOUR DRIVE
Since this procedure assumes that Windows 95 is installed on the computer hard drive, it is necessary to utilize a disk utility that allows the hard drive to be partitioned "on the fly" (i.e. without impacting the installed software or files). Partition Magic is one such utility and has been used successfully for several installations.
A. Determine the percentage of disk space to be used for each operating system and the applications/data used with each operating system
(My recommendation is a 50/50 or 60/40 split, but your actual choice will depend on how many applications you use with each operating system)
B. Resize and/or create the hard drive partitions to match the percentages selected.
NOTE
The Windows 95 (FAT) partition will require enough free space (120 MEG recommended) for the initial NT setup files.
C. The new partition created does not need to be formatted and can be left as unformatted free space without selecting a partition type. However, if you select to format the partition type (e.g. FAT16, FAT32, etc.), you should select FAT16 (FAT not FAT32 to avoid problems with the NT setup program not reading the partition.
STEP 2. BOOT TO WINDOWS 95 AND DOWNLOAD TOSHIBA NT DRIVERS AND UTILITIES
Toshiba has provided NT drivers and utilities for most of the later models, and many of the drivers/utilities are model specific, so be sure to obtain the correct ones. There are several potential sources for these files including:
A. Toshiba BBS (714) 837-4408
B. Toshiba Compuserve On-Line Forum Libraries (TOSHPO)
C. Toshiba World Wide Web Site (PCSUPPORT.TAIS.COM)
The required files include:
o Video (Drivers)
o Sound (Drivers)
o Modem (Drivers or Definition [INF] file)
some modems can be correctly setup by
selecting the applicable model from the
available NT list without adding new drivers
o Utilities (Drivers - APM, SCI Applications: Hardware Setup, ...)
Some Toshiba models have additional NT drivers and/or applications such as
o Video Capture (Drivers)
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