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one computer, 2 hardrives, 2 operating systems?

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bentwookie

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can this be done? xp on one hard drive and 98se(or other) on the other..with the option to boot to either drive? please no flames cause I am a idiot...thanks
 
Yes it can be done, however to make your life easier why dont you use a 3rd party boot program that makes these sort of things quite painless.



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Yes. But you'll have to put 98se on first, and then XP second. When you install XP, it'll put a bootloader on there to let you choose between the two OS's.
 
Yep this can be done... pretty easily too.
Just make sure you install 98se first. Then when you go to install XP choose not to upgrade and do a clean install onto the 2nd drive/partition.
Do a search in the Operating Systems or software forums... you'll probably get more help there then you'll get in OT. Everybody here will just say "wrong forum!" 😉
 
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Yes. But you'll have to put 98se on first, and then XP second. When you install XP, it'll put a bootloader on there to let you choose between the two OS's.
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what if I am getting a dell with xp already loaded and I will add a second drive? tia
 
Originally posted by: Mutilator
Yep this can be done... pretty easily too.
Just make sure you install 98se first. Then when you go to install XP choose not to upgrade and do a clean install onto the 2nd drive/partition.
Do a search in the Operating Systems or software forums... you'll probably get more help there then you'll get in OT. Everybody here will just say "wrong forum!" 😉
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I did that and only got a couple replies..all the traffic and smarts seem to be here.
 
Won't work unless you have some third party software, and even then it will be tough. 98, 95, and WinME REQUIRE to be the default boot loading OS.

NT 4.0, Win2k, and XP Pro aren't picky. You can put them anywhere, at any time. The Win9X's must be installed first as the primary boot OS.

You can do it, but you'll have to load the 98SE on the drive as a stand alone drive, and then have a third party software like boot commander load that second drive.
 
Originally posted by: bentwookie
Originally posted by: Mutilator
Yep this can be done... pretty easily too.
Just make sure you install 98se first. Then when you go to install XP choose not to upgrade and do a clean install onto the 2nd drive/partition.
Do a search in the Operating Systems or software forums... you'll probably get more help there then you'll get in OT. Everybody here will just say "wrong forum!" 😉
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I did that and only got a couple replies..all the traffic and smarts seem to be here.
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Time for me to jump in and justify that last statement. I have your config up and running but WIN98 was installed first.
I assume you have '98 on another machine. If so, go into the system properties in the control panels and delete all mobo devices, on board sound and everything else that won't be in your dell box. Install it in your new machine and boot from it. There are freeware boot managers out there. Win 98 will install all the new devices for you but you may have to get updated drivers for usb 2.0 ,new vid cards, etc.

 
Couldn't he just do this?
He's getting a Dell preloaded with XP. He's going to add a 2nd drive to that PC.
When he puts the 2nd drive in he can unplug the power to the XP drive... and install 98se on that 2nd drive.
Shutdown the system and plug the XP drive back in... when he turns on the PC XP will load up.
Then he can edit boot.ini to tell it where to find 98se.
I havn't tried this with XP so I'm not 100% sure... should work though.
 
Originally posted by: Mutilator
Couldn't he just do this?
He's getting a Dell preloaded with XP. He's going to add a 2nd drive to that PC.
When he puts the 2nd drive in he can unplug the power to the XP drive... and install 98se on that 2nd drive.
Shutdown the system and plug the XP drive back in... when he turns on the PC XP will load up.
Then he can edit boot.ini to tell it where to find 98se.
I havn't tried this with XP so I'm not 100% sure... should work though.
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funny I just thought the same thing, why can't I just unplug the xp drive, install the second drive boot and install 98se. shut down, reattach xpdrive and boot again? Only thing will there be a conflict since xp is already loaded?
 
You can try that. I've had bad luck installing Win9X to any drive other than the "c" drive.
 
Originally posted by: bentwookie
Originally posted by: Mutilator
Couldn't he just do this?
He's getting a Dell preloaded with XP. He's going to add a 2nd drive to that PC.
When he puts the 2nd drive in he can unplug the power to the XP drive... and install 98se on that 2nd drive.
Shutdown the system and plug the XP drive back in... when he turns on the PC XP will load up.
Then he can edit boot.ini to tell it where to find 98se.
I havn't tried this with XP so I'm not 100% sure... should work though.
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funny I just thought the same thing, why can't I just unplug the xp drive, install the second drive boot and install 98se. shut down, reattach xpdrive and boot again? Only thing will there be a conflict since xp is already loaded?
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you'll have to setup your bootloader manually.
 
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