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needa boot into 98 with disk

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by griffen316

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ok heres the setup, i got a computer with 2 operating systems linux and windows xp, i also have a hotswappable drive which is H: in windows xp. now i have a hard drive with windows 98 in the swappable drive, now i need to be able to boot windows 98 so i can get to dos and run some forensic tools. now i would like to be able to boot it like i do with linux which is with no boot manager and i just throw in a boot disk and the computer boots to it. so when i throw in this disk it boots to 98 but when disk is not in it then it just boots to XP. please help , keep in mind i only want to boot to 98 when disk is in, i asked this somewhere else and i got alot of responses about bios and some other stuff. thanks

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by willcomp

You would be better served posting questions in Technical Q&A section. More technical gurus hang around there and you'll get better response.

Now to your question. Since responses about BIOS weren't to your liking I can't help. Changing boot sequence in BIOS will be required to boot from another drive. That's providing your BIOS supports external devices for boot.

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by griffen316

the reason why bios changes werent to my liking was because its not what i want. and it is possible to boot from another hard disk without changing bios, seeing as how my linux is on a second hard drive and it is not in the boot sequence and i can boot to it using a boot disk, witch is the same setup i would like for windows 98. regarding wrong section, sorry i assumed since this be a question related to windows it would be an appropriate section, regarding attitude im sorry if me not asking for bios responses offends you. to anyone else that can provide some usefull help it is appreciated, i have to get this running so i can get some forensic tools goin on it, thanks.

by awfernald

is because your computer is configured in BIOS to boot from floppy first (if present), then boot from hard drive.

by deepsand

This is a technical problem, in search of a solution.

It belongs in the "Technical Q&A" section, not in "Discussions."

Please re-post there.

by griffen316

i know its programmed to boot from floppy first then hard drive. the files on the floppy drive direct my computer to boot off of my second hard drive, which is the exact same setup that i would like with windows 98.

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