How do I set up a daul boot system?

[mellondust]

I want to set up a daul boot system with win98se and winXP. How do I do this, I have never done it before? Any good links to some articles explaining the steps to accomplish this?

Any help would be nice.

 

[fow99]

Easy!

Install Win98 first and install XP. And it is automatically done!!.

 

[bacillus]

as above & best to have each OS on a different partition!

 

[AMDPwred]

It would be ideal to have two different hard drives, one for each OS.

 

[mellondust]

Are there any stability issues that I need to be aware of?

 

[mellondust]

Also, the version of winXP I have is the upgrade with full version of win98se. Will this make a difference?

 

[bacillus]

IIRC you get the choice of upgrade or clean install for XP so choose clean install (after you've installed win98) & point it to install the files on your free partition!

 

[DN]

<< as above & best to have each OS on a different partition! >>



Best to have each OS on a different partition as opposed to what..? You can't have them on the SAME partition, so..

 

[DN]

<< It would be ideal to have two different hard drives, one for each OS. >>



I can't remember, but can that even be DONE..? Don't they need to be on the same drive, different partitions to be able to dual boot..? Anyone..?

 

[fow99]

<< Also, the version of winXP I have is the upgrade with full version of win98se. Will this make a difference? >>



No you can't go with upgrading if you want dual boot.

 

[mellondust]

What do you mean fow99? No it doesn't matter, or No it can't be done?
Sorry for my ignorance.

 

[WhoDeeny]

I tired doing this on my ECS K7S5A recently, with win2k and win98. I continually had errors while installing software that I eventually just gave up!

 

[mellondust]

I am thinking about getting that romtec trios which separates the drives as an alternative to a daul boot setup. Anyone have one or heard any thing on it?

 

[Bozo Galora]

Off topic: Belongs in Operating Systems Forum

 

[fow99]

<< What do you mean fow99? No it doesn't matter, or No it can't be done?
Sorry for my ignorance. >>


Sorry I didn't make it clear. It can't be done. XP will overwrite Win98 and will import the applications therein.

 

[SUOrangeman]

One primary partition
C: FAT32 about 1GB, just for temp space and stuff

Extended partition with logical drives
D: NTFS or FAT32 4GB (Install Win2K/XP here)
E: FAT32 3GB (Install Win95/98/ME here. Note, drive may be D: if the previous partition is NTFS)
F:, G:, H:, etc. Personal Files/MP3/Games/Downloads

NOTE: Anything NTFS will not be visible in Win9x/ME *by default*

-SUO