Is there any way to have winxp,and win98se on...

[amdwolfman]

I'm wondering if there is a way to have both windows xp,and windows 98se on the same computer . and if so ,how would i go about doing,,,and also ,is there a way to zip windows 98se?,,,i have winzip utility., tyia,

 

[n0cmonkey]

Look at one or two dozen dual booting threads here.

 

[iluvdeal]

Have 2 OS's on the same computer? What a crazy idea! It's impossible! Just forget it and move on.

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[kursplat]

next thing you know sombody's going to want linux and windows.... aaaaggghhhhh..


duel boot :here is what you want to do if you want to dual boot your comp - forget it . it's one of the most unplesent things in the galaxy.not actually evil but it makes your comp bad tempered, bureacratic , officious , and callous. why when your done your comp won't even spin a drive to save you from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast ot Traal.


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[amdwolfman]

Have 2 OS's on the same computer? What a crazy idea! It's impossible! Just forget it and move on.


lmfao,,,

really only reason i'm asking is a friend has win/xp and i have win98se,,,,and the mic doesn't work for us anymore



but what about being able to zip 98se?

 

[kursplat]

zip - as in an installation copy , instead of on a disk - or save a copy of an installed operating system : as in x-copy it to a drive then zip it to save space ?

 

[amdwolfman]

yes Chuck340,,,i was thinking of zipping to to save space,,,

 

[kursplat]

can't see why not. they're just files. if you have a fixed size swap file (Win386.swp) then you can also get rid of it from the saved files.

 

[amdwolfman]

ok,if win 98se is my os,,and i zip it,,can i still use it?,,,i'ld like for you to pm me pls

 

[AndyHui]

If you zip Win98, it will not be operational.

You won't be able to zip it if you want to run it.

 

[kursplat]

<< or save a copy of an installed operating system : as in x-copy it to a drive THEN zip it to save space ? >>



andy's right . you can't zip an opperating system while it's in use , and you can't run an opperating system while it's zipped.
what you can do, if say, you'd like to save a snapshot of a fresh install, is copy it to a different drive. then you can compress it with the compresion program of your choosing.
by the way, how much space are you needing to save ? does your hard drive just have one partion ?
reformat\repartion beg-borrow-whatever for a larger drive

 

[seind]

You can also ghost win98 and there is also a compression option while ghosting.