Add a second hard drive and load XP on it...

[HiveMaster]

And keep my win98 setup on my pc. Is this possible?
Never tried to do something like this before, but I have a copy of XP Pro now and want to learn how to use it, without possibly hosing the setup/data I have now.

So I thought, take an extra Hard drive, hook it to pc and do a clean install. But how do I mount the hard drive so that I can boot to the XP drive or the Win98 drive at will?

TIA

 

[dew042]

Originally posted by: HiveMaster
And keep my win98 setup on my pc. Is this possible?
Never tried to do something like this before, but I have a copy of XP Pro now and want to learn how to use it, without possibly hosing the setup/data I have now.

So I thought, take an extra Hard drive, hook it to pc and do a clean install. But how do I mount the hard drive so that I can boot to the XP drive or the Win98 drive at will?

TIA

one way: trios hdd selector for a hw based option.

second option... xp should have an autodetect feature like w2k it will come up with a menu of the loaded oses at boot. go to microsofts website and search for it.... they give you exact details of how to do it.....

dew.

 

[Amused]

A HDD selector will work great from what you want.

See here And here

 

[AndyHui]

You don't need any Hard Drive selector unit.

Simply have both drives plugged in when you install WinXP.

WinXP will automatically detect Win98 and create the boot loader menu for you.

 

[bacillus]

like Andy said or just make another partition on your present hdd with partition magic & install XP there!

 

[croxz]

Windows XP comes with a boot menu which allows you to select the OS you want to use. The only problem here arises if you decide to get rid of Windows XP because you'll have to remove the bootmenu and repair the Windows 98 startup files manually.

 

[KH85]

Rember not too click on Update but Clean Install or it will Update the Win98 Partion .

 

[Amused]

What's nice about a HDD selector is that each OS has it's own drive. This way if one goes south, it doesn't pull the other with it.

[southern accent]
I don't like them OSes mixin' like that. It ain't natural.
[/southern accent]

 

[Goosemaster]

THe problem with HD selectors however is when you forgot "that file" on the other partition...then you're screwed

 

[GregsterD]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
You don't need any Hard Drive selector unit.

Simply have both drives plugged in when you install WinXP.

WinXP will automatically detect Win98 and create the boot loader menu for you.

Will WinXP also detect a new unformated SCSI harddrive? I'm planning in investing in a Maxtor 18.4BG Atlas III? If not, will I have to format it from a startup Windows floppy disc, or can I format it thru' Windows? BTW, I'm presently using WindowsMe.

Also, something off topic, I have an old Asus m/b for a Slot 1 P3-500Mhz. It's not compliant with PCI 2.1 and (I think) runs at only 33Mhz. Will an adaptec 19160 still work on this m/b? Or will run on a narrower bandwith?

 

[AndyHui]

Will WinXP also detect a new unformated SCSI harddrive? I'm planning in investing in a Maxtor 18.4BG Atlas III? If not, will I have to format it from a startup Windows floppy disc, or can I format it thru' Windows? BTW, I'm presently using WindowsMe.

You may need to load drivers for your SCSI card during the setup for WinXP. Download them first onto a floppy, and then insert the floppy when prompted at the beginning of installation.

Once the drivers have been loaded, the WinXP installation program allows you to partition and format before anything is installed.

Also, something off topic, I have an old Asus m/b for a Slot 1 P3-500Mhz. It's not compliant with PCI 2.1 and (I think) runs at only 33Mhz. Will an adaptec 19160 still work on this m/b? Or will run on a narrower bandwith?

All PCI motherboards since the time of the Pentium, run at 33MHz, and should be PCI 2.1 compliant. Assuming your board is a P2B family variant, your SCSI card should run fine.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
THe problem with HD selectors however is when you forgot "that file" on the other partition...then you're screwed

Naw. That's why you keep a third HDD for storage. That way both OSes can access it to share files

 

[Budman]

Another simple way would be to first unplug your current hd,then plug the new one & install XP normally.

After you're all done connect both hd's,now you can select what OS to boot from by going into your bios & selecting what boot drive to boot off of.

This way they are both separate & dont interfere with each other.

 

[HiveMaster]

Thanks everyone for your help. Too bad Newegg is OOS of the Trios.
Will try the 2hd/bios option first.