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Adding a second OS
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Adding a second OS
by scottedwardj » Sat 09 Jul, 2005 2:20 pm
I have windows XP as my OS, and would like to put Win98 on the drive as a second system to run some old programs.
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by Antony » Sat 09 Jul, 2005 2:31 pm
try to partition your HDD first, I would suggest. Then install Windows 98 into another partition.
Most likely, you will need to re-install al your applications.
Most likely, you will need to re-install al your applications.
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by DJGM » Sat 09 Jul, 2005 3:24 pm
If you want to set up a dual boot with Windows XP and 98, then the older OS should always be installed
first. If you install Windows 98 (in a seperate HDD partition) after installing XP, your boot record will be
overwritten, and your installation of XP will become inaccessible. It would still be there, with all your
programs, documents and data, but it would require a repair install to make it bootable again.
If you want to go ahead with setting a dual boot system, carefully follow these steps . . .
Back up ALL your important documents and data to CD-R or another HDD.
Start up your computer with your Windows 98SE floppy boot diskette.
Use FDISK to remove all of the exisiting partitions on your HDD.
Reboot again with the Windows 98 boot floppy when prompted.
Select the "Start computer with CD-ROM support". option.
Use FDISK to create one Primary DOS partition. Reboot.
Start your PC again with your Windows 98 boot floppy.
Format the partition with the "FORMAT C:" command.
Install Windows 98 Second Edition from a legit CD.
Use Partiton Magic to create an NTFS partition.
Reboot with your original Windows XP CD.
Install Windows XP on the NTFS partition.
Reinstall all your software applications.
Restore all your backed up data.
Hope that helps.
first. If you install Windows 98 (in a seperate HDD partition) after installing XP, your boot record will be
overwritten, and your installation of XP will become inaccessible. It would still be there, with all your
programs, documents and data, but it would require a repair install to make it bootable again.
If you want to go ahead with setting a dual boot system, carefully follow these steps . . .
Back up ALL your important documents and data to CD-R or another HDD.
Start up your computer with your Windows 98SE floppy boot diskette.
Use FDISK to remove all of the exisiting partitions on your HDD.
Reboot again with the Windows 98 boot floppy when prompted.
Select the "Start computer with CD-ROM support". option.
Use FDISK to create one Primary DOS partition. Reboot.
Start your PC again with your Windows 98 boot floppy.
Format the partition with the "FORMAT C:" command.
Install Windows 98 Second Edition from a legit CD.
Use Partiton Magic to create an NTFS partition.
Reboot with your original Windows XP CD.
Install Windows XP on the NTFS partition.
Reinstall all your software applications.
Restore all your backed up data.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Adding a second OS
by RootsMan » Mon 31 Oct, 2005 7:42 am
scottedwardj wrote:I have windows XP as my OS, and would like to put Win98 on the drive as a second system to run some old programs.
Greetings,
I don't install multiple OS's on the same drive or systems anymore. Having a multi-booting system is a waste of time for me. You have to reboot to switch to the other OS.
Take look at Virtual PC ( http://microsoft.com/virtualpc/ ) or VMWare.
As long as you have enough memory and hard disc drive space, you'll be able to run multiple OS's, at the same time.
Right now I have Windows XP Professional as my primary OS, and on that box I also have Windows Server 2003, Novell NetWare 6, and another copy of Windows XP Pro, all running at the same time.
All these OS's can communicate with each other via the network.
Virtual Machines are the way to go. Multi-booting is old news.
RootsMan.
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by DJGM » Mon 31 Oct, 2005 9:25 am
I'm assuming you have a very fast upto date PC to running numerous OSes simultaneously on the one
machine. Eitherway, doing this can be rather cumbersome, and you're limited with what you can do,
unless your PC has one of the the latest Intel or AMD CPU's, and there's at least 1-2GB RAM.
machine. Eitherway, doing this can be rather cumbersome, and you're limited with what you can do,
unless your PC has one of the the latest Intel or AMD CPU's, and there's at least 1-2GB RAM.
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Adding a second OS with second HD
by Gortwiz » Mon 09 Jan, 2006 1:28 pm
Just a quick comment. I have addressed this by installing a second HD with the other OS. I have XP on IDE 0 and Win98 on IDE1. To change I just go into BIOS and select which drive to boot from. This completely separates the two and if you need to reformat or reinstall an OS there is no impact on the other OS. The install is simple, just like a standalone install. Also if I need to xfer any thing from one OS to the other, XP has access to Win98 drives, so I can move files from one to the other if neccessary. Also Hard Drives are now very cheap so won't cost much..... Hope his helps. Gordon
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by Don_HH2K » Mon 09 Jan, 2006 4:06 pm
Gortwiz, you may be interested to know that XP's bootloader can be used to boot from your 98 drive as well, without having to switch anything over in the BIOS provided you leave it to boot from the XP drive. XP's NTLDR bootloader can boot non-NT bootsectores in a chainloder-like fashion.
If you're interested, you can take a look at The NTLDR Hacking Guide.
If you're interested, you can take a look at The NTLDR Hacking Guide.
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