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DOS (or from a Windows 9x startup floppy disk), you can use
the Fdisk program to partition your drives. (Note, however, that
Fdisk's capabilities are limited to destructive deletion of
existing partitions and creation of new, blank partitions. If you
need to resize a partition that holds existing data, you must back
up all the data, delete the partition, create a new partition and
format it, and then restore the data. Alternatively, you can use a
third-party partition manager, such as PartitionMagic
from PowerQuest). From Windows NT or Windows 2000, you
can use Disk Management to partition your drives. Its
limitations and workarounds are similar to those for Fdisk.
2. Format the system partition (drive C) using a format that can be
read and written by all operating systems you plan to install. If
you're going to use any operating systems other than Windows
NT and Windows 2000, this means that the system partition
should use FAT format.
3. Format each additional partition using a format that's
compatible with the operating system you plan to install there
and with any other operating systems that must access the
partition. (Note that you can format a partition as part of the
Windows 2000 or Windows NT setup process. For Windows 9x
installations, you should format before you run Setup.) To
minimize the effect of shuffling drive letters, consider using
FAT for the lowest numbered partitions and NTFS only for the
highest numbered partitions. You might want to consider using
FAT for all partitions on a dual boot system, which means that
all operating systems can access all drives and that the drive
letters will be the same in each operating system. However, this
approach sacrifices the benefits of NTFS.

3. Answer the questions:

1. What significant capability does Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional include? How is it sometimes called?
2. What are the reasons of using dual boot capability?
3. What is a warm reboot?
4. Examine the table and explain the file system compatibility
for each of the dual boot operating systems.