Re: Dual Boot W98SE and XP

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From: Andrew Wright (andrewDOTwright_at_NOSPAMbigfoot.com)
Date: 02/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:28:30 -0000

You have to leave Win98 as primary master to keep it working.

Just install XP onto the other disk and it will fix everything for you (you
may need to tell XP during the setup to keep Win98, too long ago to remember
exactly).

I have this setup exactly and it works perfectly. When or if you want to get
rid of Win98 it is just a matter of editing the boot configuration. You
could at this time swap the hard disks and make the XP on the master, but I
do not think you will gain anything by that.

One other point to remember Win98 will not be able to see any NTFS
partitions, so if you need to share data between the two OS's you will need
to put it on a FAT32 partition.

Regards
Andrew W.

"Dougie Nisbet" <pan@highmoor.co.uk> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.02.17.08.09.03.140091@highmoor.co.uk...
> I'm about to install XP HOME OEM. I want to parallel run with a W98SE
> installation for a while until I'm happy with XP. I have two discs.
> Currently W98SE is on the primary master. I'm pondering over the best way
> to proceed. (I'm new to XP)
>
> I believe XP has its own boot manager, so I'm assuming that if I install
> XP to the free disk XP will at some point detect the 98SE install and
> allow me to include it as a bootable drive? Would it be better to change
> the 98SE install to be Primary Slave? If I do this, how can I create a
> bootable floppy or CD so that I can continue to boot from this if things
> go wrong with XP?
>
> Hints and Tips appreciated,
>
> Dougie
>

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