INSTANT BOOT FROM XP TO WIN98

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Hi Guys! I just install my xp To my System as a primary system os. and id
like to install win 98 as a backup os. and is there any possiblity that i can
boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu? and from inside xp
(after booting xp) transfer from win98 without rebooting again? Thanks a lot!
 
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| Hi Guys! I just install my xp To my System as a primary system os. and id
| like to install win 98 as a backup os. and is there any possiblity that i can
| boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu? and from inside xp
| (after booting xp) transfer from win98 without rebooting again? Thanks a lot!
 
jeff said:
Hi Guys! I just install my xp To my System as a primary system os. and id
like to install win 98 as a backup os. and is there any possiblity that i
can
boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu? and from inside
xp
(after booting xp) transfer from win98 without rebooting again? Thanks a
lot!
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You cannot have two OSes active at the same time. If you want to dual boot,
you will have to choose from the boot options screen.

Bobby
 
jeff said:
Hi Guys! I just install my xp To my System as a primary system os. and id
like to install win 98 as a backup os. and is there any possiblity that i
can
boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu? and from inside
xp
(after booting xp) transfer from win98 without rebooting again? Thanks a
lot!
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you can install Virtual machine in XP
then from there install win98.

win98 will run as an application
from within XP...
of course there will be a performance hit...and there may be some hardware
issues...
so i suggest merely dual booting
 
The other people who replied have no idea what you mean.
Indeed, I have seen a small utility that you could choose it to boot and
change OS from within windows, It worked only with windows (not Linux).
However I cannot recall its name.
So All I can do is tell you that what you want exists...
and you should continue searching for it.
 
kenny said:
The other people who replied have no idea what you mean.
Indeed, I have seen a small utility that you could choose it to boot and
change OS from within windows, It worked only with windows (not Linux).
However I cannot recall its name.
So All I can do is tell you that what you want exists...
and you should continue searching for it.
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all that does is shutdown windows and reboot the machine
to a different OS...
it serves no real purpose and certainly does not do what the OP
asked for.
except for running a 2nd OS within a virtual machine...
one needs to reboot
 
You are wrong.

Yes it does do what he wants. His question was :

"is there any possiblity that i can
boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu?"

Apparenly he hates the hassle of choosing all the time. And the program I
gave him lets him choose beforehand
what he will run.

The utility I gave him can boot to xp without going to the OS choice menu.
He never said running 2 OS at the same time. Although VM is a solution,
he talked about a backup system and Virtual computers are not backup
systems.
If he had asked about that i would told him about VMWARE or VIRTUAL PC.
 
kenny said:
You are wrong.

Yes it does do what he wants. His question was :

"is there any possiblity that i can
boot my system to xp without going to that os choice menu?"
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you did not read the question by the OP...
he specifically says "without booting again"


aargh!
 
yes but he cant have a backup system without booting again... so I gave him
the most hasle free solution.

he does NOT have to manually boot again.
 
I wouldn't exactly call that an "instant reboot".
It STILL needs time to shut XP down, then reboot, and start W98.
It's STILL a boot manager from which the OP has to pick from a menu of
OS choices, whether he does it from within XP, or when the machine
reboots.

The OP doesn't want to pick from a menu, obviously.

Sorry, guy, but it is not possible to pick between two OSes without
physically making a selection from a menu, which is what the OP wants
to be able to do.


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NoNoBadDog! said:
You cannot have two OSes active at the same time. If you want to
dual boot, you will have to choose from the boot options screen.

Bobby
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This is where Macs have the edge over PCs. On my G5 I can run three
operating systems simultaneously *without* rebooting. Tiger, Classic (OS9)
and XP Pro (via Virtual PC).
 
In your own shrill words "this is a Win XP newsgroup, what has that have to
do with(insert subject here) Mac's?...BLAH BLAH" Said many many times.
HYPOCRITE
IFC
 
You MAC stinks... I have more OS on my PC than you can imagine using
VMWARE...
INCLUDING tiger using cherryOS.
 
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