Can I put W98 (dos) on second drive?

[John]

My old favorite dos game (Masters of Orion) will play under WXP. I gave up
trying a year ago, but now have another idea.

I have two disks in my computer and each disk has two partitions, one FAT
and one for WXP. (I don't remember why the FAT directories are there,
(something to do with Ghost I think, which I no longer use) but they are now
empty.) I run off Disk0 and use Disk1 for backup.

What I would like to do it install the W98 dos components in the empty FAT
directory on Disk1, and put my dos game there. That ought to be easy
enough, but how do I boot it? There has to be some way to do that. Thanks

 

[John]

My old favorite dos game (Masters of Orion) will play under WXP.

Uh, should be "will not play". Sorry.

 

[Answerguy]

How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;306559&Product=winxp

Should find the solution to your problem here.

 

[Ron Martell]

My old favorite dos game (Masters of Orion) will play under WXP. I gave up
trying a year ago, but now have another idea.

I have two disks in my computer and each disk has two partitions, one FAT
and one for WXP. (I don't remember why the FAT directories are there,
(something to do with Ghost I think, which I no longer use) but they are now
empty.) I run off Disk0 and use Disk1 for backup.

What I would like to do it install the W98 dos components in the empty FAT
directory on Disk1, and put my dos game there. That ought to be easy
enough, but how do I boot it? There has to be some way to do that. Thanks

Get a boot manager such as BootItNG from www.bootitng.com

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Barry Watzman]

It's VERY easy IF you install Windows 98 (or just it's "DOS" component)
on C: FIRST (note, C: must be FAT32), then install Windows XP. If you
are only installing "MS-DOS", both MS-DOS and Windows XP can be on C:.
If you are installing the full version of Windows 98 (including the
ability to boot to a command prompt, e.g. MS-DOS), then 98 must be on C:
and XP should be on D: (which can be either two partitions of the same
drive or two separate drives).

Doing it later with the Microsoft software is much more difficult or
impossible, without using a 3rd party boot manager.


[Note, if you are installing Windows 98, be sure to install Windows 98SE
and not 1st edition.]