Dual Boot

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Thomas Frost

My pc came preinstalled with xp home and came with the restore disks, is
there any way for me dual boot it with 98 on the same machine?
 
You would need to re-partition the hd,3rd party software would be needed.Or
purchase another hd,use as storage for xp & 98,and put 98 on it also....
 
It isn't that simple, Andrew. With older versions of Windows the 'oldest'
version has to be installed first followed by the next newest. In other
words you need to install Windows 98 first on the C: partition, then XP on
your next partition, presumably D or E.

Obviously, if you only have recovery disks for XP you are not going to be
able to do this, because installing XP from the recovery disk will,
effectively, wipe out the windows 98 installation which you would have
installed on drive C:.

There is an option to install 98 after XP has been installed but it does
require changing registry entries. Visit this site: http://www.dougknox.com/
Click the Win XP Tips option on the left of the screen. When this window
opens look for the link 'Install 98/ME After XP is Installed' You should
find it on the right of the screen near the 3rd from the top of the list.


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My memory is you should be able to do it, but Win 98 requires a fat(32?)
partition in the first partition of your drive to do so. Since the most
common way to install XP is with NTFS, you might need a partition
creation/management program such as Acronis to create a fat partition to
lead off your drive which you can install Win 98 on.

Paul Riemerman
 
Thomas Frost said:
My pc came preinstalled with xp home and came with the restore disks, is
there any way for me dual boot it with 98 on the same machine?
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Having gone through the dual booting of 98 and XP, I would examine the
reasons that I want/need to have both operating systems. In my case I found
out after the fact that everything worked in XP except for a few
insignificant programs that could easily be replaced. Some of my hardware
didn't like XP but it was old so I replaced what needed to be replaced.

All in all, I'm sorry that I ever went through the dual boot set-up.
 
John

I agree you should install the oldest first if you are NOT using a third
party
partitioning tool but using BootIt NG it is not neccessary. The video
about
installing Windows 98 in the following link shows how much easier it can
be:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/examples.html

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The dual boot set up isn't that bad I used it for years with great success -
well until Vista came along then all dual booting between Xp and Vista did
was to delete all system restore and shadow copy files from the Vista
partition. The solution to the problem as Gerry suggested is BootItNG.
However, in my case the solution was somewhat easier by using virtual
machine software. Microsoft have a free version of Virtual PC 2007, although
it doesn't have USB support which is necessary in my case so I opted for the
$200 VMware Workstation.


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Gerry,

BootIt NG has been highly recommended by many MVPs, especially where you are
dual booting Windows XP and Vista. As you can see from my post to Bogey Man,
dual booting in the normal way between XP and Vista does have its problems
in that, when booting to XP, all system restore points on the Vista
partition are lost, which can cause numerous problems. The main two options
to prevent this is using bitlocker (assuming you own a copy of vista
business, enterprise or ultimate) or, alternatively using a third party boot
manager such as BootIt NG.

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John

I have dual booted XP and Vista using BootIt NG. It worked fine.


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Gerry, to be honest I have never used BootIt NG so I have no experience of
how it will work on a dual boot system. As I've said I solved my XP - Vista
problem by using VMware Workstation which allows me to boot directly into XP
while still running Vista, so both operating systems are running at the same
time. I know that a lot of MVPs have used BootIt NG and have been more than
satisfied, so too are you by all accounts. In the end it all boils down to
what you want out of the different software applications; what suits one
doesn't suit another. Fortunately VMware is suiting me fine, but I will
recommend BootIt NG as a viable alternative to the usual dual boot method.

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