Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
dual booting - xp and 98
Name: Sunny Date: June 2, 2003 at 18:38:12 Pacific OS: Windows xp pro CPU/Ram: p3 933 mhz / 64 mb
Comment:
I have upgraded from windows me to xp.i wanna dual boot with xp in one partition and 98 in the other. i got two partitions one has the xp installation and the other is too small for installing 98 in (900 mb- is that big enough?)how do i resize partitions .how do i install 98 and how can i switch registry data between from xp to 98
Name: konaboy Date: June 2, 2003 at 20:36:07 Pacific
Reply:
in order to dual boot, you need to create and format your C: (Primary) partition, install Windows 98 to that partition, then install XP with the remaining Extended Partition/Logical drive. You cannot dual boot w/ Win98 AFTER you've already installed Windows XP. It has to be done in order...Win98, then WinXP.
0
Response Number 2
Name: Richard59 Date: June 3, 2003 at 05:59:59 Pacific
Reply:
konaboy is mistaken. It is possible to instal 98 after XP but only if XP is in FAT32 file system and not NTFS. Full details are available at www.dougknox.com You should also investigate PartitionMagic8 in regard to resizing your partitions. I've not ever used it but have seen plenty of posts on the forum from people who have.
0
Response Number 3
Name: konaboy Date: June 3, 2003 at 10:33:18 Pacific
Reply:
Here is Microsoft's article on creating a dual boot system:
Name: Richard59 Date: June 4, 2003 at 03:26:57 Pacific
Reply:
Believe what you like konaboy but I've followed the Dougknox plan and know it works. Try it yourself. Msoft aren't the only people who know how to do things with windows.
Summary: Hi, can anyone tell me a way to set up my laptop to dual boot xp and win 98 and restrict each system to there on partition. 98 seams ok because it does not read NTFS but xp reads the fat32 with 98. B...
Summary: I am currently dual booting XP and 98 on seperate drives using Cmos setup to switch boot order all is working fine. I recently bought a 40 gig hard drive and installed 98, I want to clone and add XP t...
Summary: I have XP installed on hard drive 1, C. I also have 98 SE installed on hard drive 2, D. To install 98 SE, I unplugged hard drive 1, set hard drive 2 as the master, and installed 98 SE onto hard drive ...
0 
