Hi all

im going to install win 98se and win xp home on one hdd with two partitions
on it. I know I have to install one first to get the option at boot to
select wich one to boot to but I have forgotten wich os to install first. is
it 98se first then xp home?

Thanks
GK

the older operating system gets installed first

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"Gabriel Knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4acb54af$0$3886$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all
>
> im going to install win 98se and win xp home on one hdd with two
> partitions on it. I know I have to install one first to get the option at
> boot to select wich one to boot to but I have forgotten wich os to install
> first. is it 98se first then xp home?
>
> Thanks
> GK
>

> "Gabriel Knight" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4acb54af$0$3886$(E-Mail Removed)...

> > im going to install win 98se and win xp home on one hdd with two
> > partitions on it. I know I have to install one first to get the option
at
> > boot to select wich one to boot to but I have forgotten wich os to
install
> > first. is it 98se first then xp home?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306559 advises:
" Install the operating systems in the following order:
1. MS-DOS
2. Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me
3. Windows NT
4. Windows 2000
5. Windows XP"
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Gabriel Knight wrote:
> Hi all
>
> im going to install win 98se and win xp home on one hdd with two partitions
> on it. I know I have to install one first to get the option at boot to
> select wich one to boot to but I have forgotten wich os to install first. is
> it 98se first then xp home?
>
> Thanks
> GK
>
>
Always install the oldest first.(W98)

On Oct 6, 10:31 am, "Gabriel Knight" <fakeem...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> im going to install win 98se and win xp home on one hdd with two partitions
> on it. I know I have to install one first to get the option at boot to
> select wich one to boot to but I have forgotten wich os to install first. is
> it 98se first then xp home?
>
> Thanks
> GK

Easiest to hide drive partitions or extensions from one another until
you get the interactions right -- partition boot arbitrators do that.
I've Ranish in mind.