Re: Two WIN versions on same computer?
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 11/29/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:10:15 +1100
There is a lot of confusion around about multi-booting between
WinXP and Win9x. You probably read one of the confused items.
The facts are:
- If you load WinXP first and Win98 later then you will most
likely have to restore the WinXP boot environment. This is
easily done.
- If your machine has only a single NTFS partition then you
cannot load Win9x. You must have at least one Win9x partition.
- If your first partition is an NTFS partition then it is possible
to load Win9x into one of the FAT partitions.
The OP will have to supply more details before any specific
advice can be given.
"alifea" <alifea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:98BB2C7D-2301-49B6-9F08-8984C4B03B0F@microsoft.com...
> I am obviously confused by something I read previously on this because my
> recollection is that Win 95, 98 and ME require the first partition on the
> drive, and some are very fussy about partition size. If you say it can be
> loaded in any order, then I have to go with that. Of my own, I have only
> multibooted several copies of XP on the same drive to assure I could
repair,
> image, etc. the actual working partition when things went south. All my
> applications worked when I transitioned to XP, either straight up or in
> compatability mode.
>
> Thank you for straightening me out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alifea
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> > It is not neccessary to load Win98 first, regardless of the method used.
> >
> >
> > "alifea" <alifea@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9C8E998B-065B-4D3B-994C-D43381E9DB1C@microsoft.com...
> > > Definitely possible and very common to do. As I understand it you
must
> > > install Win 98 first into its own partition, and then XP into another
> > > partition. Unless of course, you use a partitioning software like
> > Partition
> > > Magic. There is a series of articles on that topic as well. Just go
to
> > the
> > > support website and type in Multiboot.
> > >
> > > Have you tried running the programs of interest in Compatability Mode?
> > That
> > > works for a lot of the non compliant programs.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Alifea
> > >
> > > "Myrks" wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi there!
> > > > I'm having lot's of problems on XP with applications that
> > > > worked fine on 98. (e.g. Autoexec.nt), I almost want to switch back
to
> > 98.
> > > > Is it possible to have both XP & 98 installed in the same time and
> > choosing
> > > > which one to run each time you boot the computer? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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