Dual Booting

[TheCrossMovement]

Lets say I want to dual boot WindowsXPand Windows98SE, which of these OS's should I install first, OR....does it matter since XP is based on NTFS whereas 98SE is based on 9x kernel??

Thanks

TCM

[richardc2000]

Put win 98 first and on c:\
The other you can put anywhere.
If you want Win 98 to see XP, use FAT 32.
This can come in handy for deleting files in XP in case of a glitch.

[Mad*}{*]

i agree you should install win98se first on c and then xp on another hard drive, if you have 2 physical hard drives, i would use one of them to install OS on, and the other to backup. and if you are smart, move the page file to a non os drive, to speed up the performance.

MAD

[redkitty]

You must install your OS's on separate partitions (not necessarily separate hard drives) and Win98 must be installed first onto your C: partition.

I recently acquired some swappable hard drive trays so I could back up to a removable hard drive instead of burning multiple CD's. I'm now thinking about putting my C: drive in a tray so that I can just plug a different C: drive into the front of the machine to convert it from a Win98 machine to an XP machine... completely separate OS installations rather than a dual-boot setup. I keep all of my documents on a secondary drive to simplify OS backups and re-installs.

[~*McoreD*~]

Well said all the members. A quick note: don't forget to install XP in the bigger hard drive drive.

[flatpak]

Hi If you want to play at dual booting to see what happens
try partition magic , then if you do'nt like it you can revert back no harm done