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by saltglass

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Have Compaq desktop with xp and two hard drives. Have backup set on my 'c' drive from win 98 system that was created with Iomega tape backup. Want to install win 98 on second drive in order to open the backup set and then retreive the data I need.
Any problems with this or is there an easier way?

Thanks

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by an_it_guy

As far as u keep both the drives separate, there shd not be any problems. I would suggest the following:
1. Remove/Unplug the HDD which has ur backup (to be safe not to fiddle with the data in it)
2. Install the OS on the 2nd one
3. Connect the 1st HDD as a secondary master so that it does not affect or take-over the newly installed OS while booting.
4. Check out for the correct drive letters for the individual drives and access ur data to retrive it onto the new one.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.

by adrienne

You are limited to the setup of dual boot with Windows XP and Win98 by the version of XP that you are running. With XP Professional you can setup a dual-boot system with the second OS residing in the first partition of the secondary hard drive. However, if you are running XP Home version, both OS must be installed on the first partition of the same primary hard drive. Additionally, Win98 must be installed before winXP - oldest OS first, newest OS last. Partition Magic was of major assistance when I loaded a dual-boot Win98Se/WinXP Home edition system.

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