XP/98 partion

[Nick]

I'm soon to invest in a new hard drive and intend to partition it using XP.
Can I install Windows 98 into a partition so that I can still use
applications that will not work under XP?

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[C]

yes but you need to install win98 first and then XP

Chris

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[Nick]

I know that XP goes over the top of 98 but will I have to install 98 again
before I can choose it from the OS start-up menu?

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[C]

No, you wont have to do anything to win98 after you install XP, but make
sure you specify you want to leave 98 there and not do an upgrade. Here is a
link to M$ that should help you out:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q217210

Chris

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[Harry Ohrn]

Nick wrote:
> I'm soon to invest in a new hard drive and intend to partition it
> using XP. Can I install Windows 98 into a partition so that I can
> still use applications that will not work under XP?
>

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Doug Knox shares insight on installing Windows 98 to a second partition or HD here http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Asked and answered almost daily. Please try searching the newsgroups
before posting; you'll most likely save yourself a lot of time.

The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x and WinXP would
be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows:

C: Primary FAT32 Win9x/Games
D: Extended NTFS WinXP/Serious
Apps

Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s) size
and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its
applications. You needn't use the FAT32 or NTFS file systems for the two OS
partitions unless you want to, but this configuration allows you to take
full advantage of both OS's partition size, file management, and (for WinXP)
security features. If you like, all of the partitions, as long as they're
no larger than 2 Gb, can be FAT16. I don't recommend this, however, as it's
terribly wasteful of hard drive space. When I last converted a 2 Gb FAT16
partition to FAT32, I gained an additional 300 Mb of free space. (Your
results will vary, of course, based upon the types and sizes of files you
have on the partition.)

Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large disk
support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning utilities/boot
managers and their frequent complications.)

Install Win9x first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or D:\Windows,
if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows directory. When you
subsequently install WinXP, be sure to specify "D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows,"
"C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when asked for the default Windows
directory, to place it in the other partition. The WinXP installation
routine will automatically set up a Multi-boot menu for you. The default
settings for this menu can be readily edited from within WinXP. NOTE: If
you elect to place Win98 on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:"
drive as FAT32.

This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by placing
the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either of the
operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the second operating
system on the second hard drive.

It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared applications, but
it would be necessary for such a partition to be formatted in the common
file format (FAT32). The applications would also have to be installed into
each OS (to ensure proper system file placement and registry updates), one
at a time, but the bulk of the program files could be located on this common
partition. I do not, however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were
to uninstall such an application from one OS, you would not be able to
gracefully uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial
installation data during the first uninstall action.

Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/multiboot.
asp

HTH&GL,

Bruce Chambers
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[Tom Bonini]

Here is another idea that people seldom talk about. Do you have an
available external 5 1/4 drive bay? If you do then I would suggest
purchasing a mobile rack and an additional inner rack for it. Then you can
install your existing drive in one inner rack and the new drive in another.
It sounds like you are currently running 98 on your existing drive with the
intention of installing XP on the new drive. By doing it this way, you can
keep your 98 install intact and unchanged and install XP on the new drive
without worry of multiple partitions, reinstalling 98, dual boot headaches,
and a drive failure killing both OS's. When you want to change to a
different OS, just power down (same as for a dual boot), remove the inner
rack and replace it with the OS that you want to use, then power back up.
These racks cost between $10 and $30 and can handle up to ATA133. Makes
using multiple OS's much easier and the order of install makes no difference
because each OS is on it's own drive. They also work well as a security
device.

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[mooncast]

Install 98 first, XP last: so that xp will put 98 in its boot menu

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[Caenogenesis]

I used to do that, the problem is though you need to have a third disk if
you want to transfer data or share between the two os's.

If you had a couple if small disks that were ok to run OS from and one large
drive in the box at all times then this is a good way of doing things but
ultimately a waste of space.

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[Tom Bonini]

I have a 16GIG drive mounted in the box as a slave on the same port as the
rack so I do have that shared drive capability. Disks are cheap now so
wasting a little drive space for the convenience and flexibility that it
offers makes it more than worth it to me.

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[Caenogenesis]

Yeah, that's cool.

I still have that set-up on an older box myself.

Its difficult now days to get a small and fast disk.

10 - 20gb 7200rpm 8.5 seek, that would be ideal.

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