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Install Win98 on XP machine

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by szahner

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I have a Dell notebook 1Ghz,P-III,20GB HDD with 9.5GB free. I need to install Windows 98 to dual boot on this machine. Weighing in simplicity and safety, what is the best course of action to achieve my goal?

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by thechas

The "best" and simplest method, is to start with a clean blank hard drive.

Boot from the W98 startup disk.
Run FDISK, and delete all partitions the drive.
Re-boot, run fdisk again, and set a primary dos partition of the size you need/desire forW98.
Set the remainder of the drive as an extended partition.
Define logical drives in the extended partition as desired.
(I would setup 1 logical drive for XP, and 1 for shared data files.)
Format the C: drive, and install W98.

Once 98 is running properly, insert the XP CD into the CD drive, and select a custom installation.
Install XP onto the D: drive in dual-boot mode.
If you want W98 to be able to access files on the XP partition, then format it as a FAT32 instead of NTSF.

It should be possible to setup a new partition using partition magic (or another partitioning utility) and install W98.
However, it will take a bit of playing around to get XP to switch over to a dual-boot mode.

Chas

by szahner

This would have worked but I did not want to go through the process of total formatting and installation of two OS's. I used V-Com System Commander 7 to install the new OS. It handled all the partitioning and formatting without a hitch and set up it's own boot manager automatically. I could not believe how smoothly it was accomplished. KUDO's to V-Com.

by dsatcher

The easiest method without having to back up or re-install your current program is to use System commander from V-com.com. The cost of the program is $59.00. I have used various system commander products with great success.

Douglas

by szahner

I did not want to go through the process of total formatting and installation of two OS's. I used V-Com System Commander 7 to install the new OS. It handled all the partitioning and formatting without a hitch and set up it's own boot manager automatically. I could not believe how smoothly it was accomplished. KUDO's to V-Com.

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