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sprets

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February 20th, 2004 10:00

Partitioning Windows 98se and winodws xp pro

I basically am gonna partition c: into to 2, and install windows 98se and windows xp pro.

 

Does anyone know how the installation proceedure works, or does ne 1 know of any sites that that tell u how or provide guides i can follow.

btw i know how to use fdisk to partition the drive, i just need to know how to go about installing windows 98se and windows xp wen partitioning.

 

thanks

sterps

 

fredha

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February 20th, 2004 15:00

The best way is to create 2 primary partitions and make the first active. Format and install W98SE on the first "C" partition. Then install XP on the second partition. Xp will install the boot.ini file on C drive to create the dual boot. If you want both OS to operate completely independent of each other, you can format the D drive to NTFS. 98SE cannot read NTFS. If you want to share files you need to format both to FAT 32

sprets

27 Posts

February 20th, 2004 21:00

wat will happen to my current D: .  Will it be renamed or wat?

fredha

1.1K Posts

February 21st, 2004 13:00

If you're installing on 2 different drives, You only need to create one active fat 32 partition on C and an inactive primary on D and install W98SE on C and direct XP to install on D. It will be the same as installing on one drive with 2 partitions.

vbn

48 Posts

February 24th, 2004 02:00

Hi Fredha,

I just read your comment...I have 2 hard dreives C: and D: C: as Master  with Win/XP and now I want to have win98SE in D:. How can I do it with option on boot that I can select what OS I want?

What does that mean "...creat one active...and inactive primary..." as in your post...

Thanks

vbn

48 Posts

February 24th, 2004 19:00

Never mine...

I got it. In boot menu has showed which hard drive (master or slave) I want to boot from...

sprets

27 Posts

March 15th, 2004 10:00

Well i know i haven't posted for a while, but any way, the partitioning worked, and let me tell you i am not going back, this is how my system is staying. Windows 98se part. with windows xp pro rules.

Btw i have  a question,

my bro  wants to partition his now, but the computer store where he got his from said he can't because he has 1 gig of ram and it won't work with windows 98. I disagree, i thought windows 98 would only use 512mb of ram at the most if you have more than 512 mb, i have 640 and have 98 runs fine.

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