I am trying to do a "NEW" install of windows xp pro on a second
unpartitioned hard drive as a dual boot with windows 98se. After setup
files are copied to C: the setup program is attempting to write to the boot
sector of C: which is the drive on which windows 98se operates. I know this
because the DOS part of Norton viruscan has detected this. The windows
portion of Viruscan was deactivated during the XP install.

Question: Why does the XP setup want to write to the boot sector of C:?
Won't this destroy my Windows 98se capability? At what point in the install
procedure will I be asked to partition my second drive. The hardware is
setup so that C: is a slave to D: Is this a problem? I guess I could switch
the position of the drives if this is necessary?

In setting up a dual boot system, you should make your C drive about 2 gigs
(FAT32) in size to handle any files that the various OSs will dump there.
You can also use C for your swap files.

Install Windows 98 to a partition other than C. The same with XP.

Joe

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> I am trying to do a "NEW" install of windows xp pro on a second
> unpartitioned hard drive as a dual boot with windows 98se. After setup
> files are copied to C: the setup program is attempting to write to the
boot
> sector of C: which is the drive on which windows 98se operates. I know
this
> because the DOS part of Norton viruscan has detected this. The windows
> portion of Viruscan was deactivated during the XP install.
>
> Question: Why does the XP setup want to write to the boot sector of C:?
> Won't this destroy my Windows 98se capability? At what point in the
install
> procedure will I be asked to partition my second drive. The hardware is
> setup so that C: is a slave to D: Is this a problem? I guess I could
switch
> the position of the drives if this is necessary?
>
>