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Answer» is it possible to install windows 98 2nd ed on a computer that is running xp home?
if i do an fdisk will it work...?
the computer is a dell 2400 with a 2 gig hard drive. and a pent 4 This can be done but you need to consider a few things...
1) The older OS should be installed first.
2) You would indeed need to use FDisk but remember this will erase all your existing data.
3) You need to create a partition for Win98. It needs to be the C: partition and has to be FAT 32. 2G should do.
4) Then you need to create a partition (extended) for XP. I wouldn't go under 20G for this.
5) Win98 gets installed first along with all your drivers including MBoard, video sound etc.
6) After you have everything running properly then boot with the XP CD. It will detect the Win98 install and ask if you want to overwrite ? Select no and it will ask where you want XP...select D:
7) You will then need to boot up and select XP to boot to and continue by installing all the drivers listed above, SP2 and all critical updates since then.
You can then install all your protection packages and connect to the web but not before...it takes less than 12 minutes now to get infected without protection.
You PROBABLY need a drive BIGGER than 2G as you stated, i'm assuming this is a typo.
Let us know if you want to proceed as there are obviously more details than this but i figured i would give you the condensed version for now...If you manage to both fit XP and Windows 98 on a 2GB HDD you've got to mail and tell Bill Gates. sorry i ment 80 gig hard drive not sure what the processer speed is. think it is a pent 4 something.
my mother board drivers are on a dell disk that is the chip set drivers. do i install them after the win 98 install is done. just boot to the cd i assume. i know how to create the PARTITIONS in fdisk and activate them the partition for win 98 the one on the c drive should i make it around 60 gigs....
i know i sound stupid to all of you but not sure about all this stuff...Revisit my suggestions and post back with any questions you have...
It seems you just glanced at them and that was a bit of typing...ok what do you mean by partition (extended) for XP. Is xp still going to be on the computer and also
what do you mean when you say after 98 is installed and every thing is running properly
will i be booting to 98 first thingok its me the stupid guy again
heres one for all you computer smart people. me im the dum one. replaced the bios battery and it runs very fast now....
Quote from: gordenLidy on May 14, 2007, 06:44:11 AM replaced the bios battery and it runs very fast now....
Huh? What has this got to do with your dual OS install question the computer was running very slow that is what started the whole thing it was blue screening ..then i reloaded every thing and it still ran very slow. so i wanted to install 98 to see if it would run better...So, the dual boot issue is nil now, right?Yes thank you for all your help sorry if i was a bit of a pest....No Problem.
I'll just copy, cut and PASTE all that info and throw it in the vault for a rainy day....
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