dual boot of windows 98 and 2000 on the same partition.....need help ???

[jacobnero6918]

I have windows 98 on C drive and want to install windows 2000 on the same partition system commander 2000 says it is possible. This is suppose to be the easiest way and uses the least amount of hard drive space.

So I'm suppose to boot to windows 98 and then begin installing windows 2000 but I'm a little worried about losing windows 98 if I don't install it right so if anybody has already done this or knows how to do it let me know ??????

 

[kassy]

Jacobnero6918 -
I am not familiar with Sys Commander but I can tell you that if you install both OS's in the same partition certain problems arise. Such as both using the same program files folder, this means that one of the OS's takes priority. I tried it once just to see what would happen, if I remember correctly Outlook and the like would only work in W2k but not in Win 98, that kind of thing.
If Sys Commander prevents this from happening then thats great, but without it you will have problems (well I did anyway).
Hopefully someone who has some Sys Comm experience will be able to be of more help.

 

[Locutus of Board]

Windows is installed to c:\windows for example

W2k will want to install to c:\winnt

It can be done. M$ always recommends to install to separate partitions, but it really isn't a problem real world.

You don't even need sys commander. 2000 will install it's own bootloader

 

[kassy]

Thats interesting, I know I didnt have any probs with the installation itself, it booted correctly because of the windows/winnt folders etc, but it was later with the apps that each OS used. Perhaps my mistake was letting installations default to program files.
May have to try that one again

 

[Locutus of Board]

Kassy,

The only real problem is sometimes the proggies overwrite settings when you install on one OS then another.

Get all your stuff installed and I personally do not have problems.

 

[kassy]

Hey thanks for the feedback, will have to experiment with that one again.

 

[jacobnero6918]

I read a bit more about it and today I decided to add another partition. I cut C in half and then installed windows 2000 there. I can't get my modem to work though. Also do I have to re-install all my software agian even though I can get to them on the D drive or can I simply make shortcuts to them in windows 2000 ???

This is how my setup looks now:

C: windows 98
D: apps
E: all media
F: windows 2000

 

[BCYL]

For your modem, is it not working in win2k or win98? If in win2k, check and make sure you have the latest win2k drivers installed...

You will have to re-install most of the softwares... cuz when softwares are installed they write to the Windows registry, and that's what you are missing now...

 

[jacobnero6918]

Yeah I'm currently in windows 98 and it works fine but the modem is a PCTel HSP 56K micromodem. The drivers are for 95/98 or NT haven't found one that will work in 2000.