Installing Win98 over win2k

[MaJik]

I have win2k installed, has been on it for like 6 months. I want to install win98 for a few games and stuff (Dual Boot). My friend has them both on one patition, but he installed win98 first, then Win2k. I can't figure out how to let win98 install. I formated all my win2k drives in fat32 (C and D) The C Drive win2k formated, and the D i formated in DOS, and win2k put its signature on it or whatever it does.

When i try to install win98 dos doesn't even see the first disk(one formated in win2k) and my second drive shows up as C: So i try to install it on that one, it gives some can't install on NT drive or something error. How do i set the drive/win2k up to let it install!!

I been messing with it for weeks and im getting very pissed

I can't reinstall either drive, because i need my win2k, and my D: is huge, i have nowhere to store all that stuff for temp while i reformat it.

The first drive would be the only one i could reformat, but i need whats on it. So if there was a way to copy everything to D: so i could just boot off D: for win2k, that would work.. Dono how/if that could be done.

Please Please HELP! =-)

 

[MaJik]

Hrm ive been looking around and searching all night, can't find anything on installing win98 after win2k on same drive.....

If you know how please tell,
I think im going to have to install/reinstall win98 then put win2k over it. If there is anyway to move win2k to D:.. But then again, can you do that? or will everything not work because its looking on C?




Note: Dual Boot sux

 

[MaJik]

Somebody just gimme another computer. So i can keep this one how it is untill im sure i don't need nothing =-/

 

[MaJik]

ok, i have another question

I have a 2GB HD laying around,
if i put that in as E, will windows 98 or ME let me install to that drive, or does it have to be C?

 

[Raincity]

why dont you make the d partition the same size as the c partition then create another partition to save a ghost image on then ghost your win2k install to the extended partition the reinstall win2k on d via ghost then install win98 on drive C: then run the win2k repair to reinstall the nt bootloader and repair the master boot record back to a ms dual boot again.

Rain

 

[Zaphs]

Having had this problem myself, here is the easy answer.

Boot from a floppy, install win98 on you harddrive

when it's all set, you'll only be able to boot to win98 (not 2000)

To fix this, boot from your win2000 CD (change the boot drive to cdrom in the BIOS)

run the setup program on the win2000 CD, it'll ask you if you want to repair an installation.

Say yes and then it'll do the rest.

When you next boot up you'll have the dual boot options!

 

[Raincity]

nevermind

 

[MaJik]

no, don't think you understood, when i tryed to install win98 it wouldn't let me, I'd get this message:

"
Message SU0013

Setup cannot create files on your startup drive and cannot set up windows 98

If you have HPFS or NTFS you must create a MS-DOS boot partition. If you have LANtastic server or SuperStor compression, disable it before running setup. See Setup.txt on setup disk 1 or on the Windows 98 compact disc.
"

I finaly got it to work though, i just took out the win2k drive all together to get win98 installed. Now im going to get the boot loader for win2k setup now.