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Adding Win98 to an XP machine

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by vtdeb88

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I have a new computer running Windows XP home on the master drive.
I have a second, FAT32 drive with two partitions and I'd like to install Windows 98 SE there. How would I go about it? Will I need to repartition the drive, or can I just install tothe empty 2nd partition of it.
I've read some things that sound pretty complicated about disabling the master drive, and changing bios settings. Will I need to do that?

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by c.barnhorst

You will need to use Partition Magic or a similar program because WinXP is already installed. Microsoft advises (correctly) that you must install the older OS first when setting up a dual boot. The problem is that Win 98 will not see that there isanother operating system installed and mess up the boot track on the XP partition or drive. When Win 98 is already installed and then you install Win XP, XP sees Win 98 properly and sets up the system to prevent 98 from using XP resources. PartionMagic and Partion Commander can prevent this problem, but if you try to just install 98 you will have a mess.

One factor is setting up a dual boot with WinXP and Win98 is that Win98 has problems with memory greater than 512 MB, so if you are running more that that on the new computer consider using an older computer for Win 98.

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