Add HD with 98 to PC with XP

[nashak]

I have a new PC with XP installed. Drive has 3 partitions C,D and E. My
old PC had Win-98 installed on HD (in 2 partitions). (Drive is NTFS
system.)

How can I add the old drive to my new PC and make the new PC dual
bootable in the easiest possible manner. (Drive is FAT32 system)

Thanks

 

[Roberto]

Install a boot manager [google will find plenty of references for you]

rgds
Roberto

 

[Andy]

Since it's a new PC, you may be able to hit F8 during POST to boot to
an alternate disk.

 

[NKaufman]

Hello,

When I say new PC I meant that I have a different PC. I've had it for a
while and have installed various software on it.. Sorry for that.

Any recommendation on which boot manager to use and also how does the
boot manager help in this scenario?

 

[Malke]

Hello,

When I say new PC I meant that I have a different PC. I've had it for
a while and have installed various software on it.. Sorry for that.

Any recommendation on which boot manager to use and also how does the
boot manager help in this scenario?

You need the boot manager because the correct (because it's easiest) way
to dual-boot an older MS OS w/a newer one is to install the older one
first (Win98 in your case) and then to install the newer one (XP). When
you do it this way, XP puts its boot files on C: and its built-in boot
manager works with both operating systems. While Win9x/ME have to be
installed on C:, XP doesn't - however, its boot files do. If you just
add the Win98 drive now only XP will boot. A third-party boot manager
will enable you to boot numerous operating systems. Win98 will think it
is still on C:.

BootIT NG from Terabyte is excellent and inexpensive.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/

Acronis also makes a boot manager. It will cost more than BING, but
perhaps be more user-friendly.
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

Malke

 

[NKaufman]

My mistake. The new PC has XP with NTFS. Old PC has 98 with FAT32.

So using a boot manager, I could just take the hard drive from old
machine, hook it up as slave on new machine and voila - I got a dual
boot system. No installing or re-installing OS etc.

 

[Richard in AZ]

Most likely you will have to get new drivers to match the hardware in the "newer" computer. Your
Win98 disk won't be set up for this newer hardware.

: My mistake. The new PC has XP with NTFS. Old PC has 98 with FAT32.
:
: So using a boot manager, I could just take the hard drive from old
: machine, hook it up as slave on new machine and voila - I got a dual
: boot system. No installing or re-installing OS etc.
:

 

[Malke]

Most likely you will have to get new drivers to match the hardware in
the "newer" computer. Your Win98 disk won't be set up for this newer
hardware.

: My mistake. The new PC has XP with NTFS. Old PC has 98 with FAT32.
:
: So using a boot manager, I could just take the hard drive from old
: machine, hook it up as slave on new machine and voila - I got a dual
: boot system. No installing or re-installing OS etc.
:

Yes, that's a really good point about putting Win98 in a different
computer (unlike XP, which needs at least a Repair Install). Generally
you can do this without reinstalling the OS, though If the data on the
Win98 drive is important, I'd definitely back up first. It's been a
long time since I did that with Win98, but IIRC you can delete ENUM in
the registry and Win98 will find the new and different hardware. But as
Richard says, you'll need drivers on-hand that are for Win98 since
Win98 won't have any for the newer hardware.

Then take a look at BING, Acronis, or System Commander and read what
they have to say about how to use those boot managers.

Malke

 

[Frank]

I have a new PC with XP installed. Drive has 3 partitions C,D and
E. My old PC had Win-98 installed on HD (in 2 partitions). (Drive
is NTFS system.)

How can I add the old drive to my new PC and make the new PC dual
bootable in the easiest possible manner. (Drive is FAT32 system)

Thanks

There are several reasons that what you want to do would be
complicated.
IMHO I would just use a mobile rack.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...tk=all&N=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=8&Go.y=27