Re: Dual boot on a Thinkpad with XP pre-installed
- From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:06:36 -0500
That new IBM ThinkPad will likely not support the old
and obsolete Windows 98 operating system. If you are
determined to install it, I suggest you purchase a new
hard drive for the ThinkPad, remove the current one,
then install the new hard drive and try to install
Windows 98. You'll not be very successful since
that new ThinkPad will not have the necessary
Windows 98 drivers necessary for Windows 98
to run correctly. If Windows 98 will not run
properly, then simply reinstall the original hard
drive and you'll be back to Windows XP in short order.
--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"idoesh" wrote:
| Hi,
|
| A friend of mine just bought a new Lenovo (IBM) Thinkpad Z60m notebook
| computer. He has asked me to help him install a dual boot system with WinXP
| and Win98.
|
| The problem is that the computer comes with XP pre-installed and uses a
| sophisticated method of recovery and setup - with a 3GB partitioned
| pre-desktop area where it holds the backup clean XP system. My friend also
| got a separate recovery CD with XP but it installs the same way - wiping out
| the entire HD and repartitioning with the 3GB pre-desktop area.
|
| I really have no idea as to what the correct procedure would be in order to
| create a dual boot system with 98. Should I wipe everything clean using
| fdisk, then install 98 and finally XP from a different CD? Then how will I
| have all of the accompanying programs that are automatically installed
| through the IBM recovery CD?
| Should I instead use the existing XP install, create a new partition for 98
| using PartitionMagic and install 98? Will it even work with the first
| partition being NTFS?
|
| I have never encountered this specific situation, so any assistance offered
| will be greatly appreciated...
|
| Many thanks in advance,
| Ido
.
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