Dual Hard Drives

  • Thread starter Thread starter Carey Frisch [MVP]
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NO!!! The hardware on your new system will have drivers that are installed on the primary
drive of the new system. You can slave the old Windows 98 SE hard drive, and copy data
files to the new drive. If you have the install CDs for the software on the old system,
you can install the old programs on the new drive. Then you can format the slave drive
and use it for storage. (Also, the new drive which is formatted NTFS can see the old
FAT32 drive. But, the drive formatted FAT32 cannot recognize a drive formatted NTFS.)
 
Gary said:
Sorry but you are way off the mark.
I am running a dual operton system with 4 gig of memory and I have
personally run every one of the above on this machine with NO errors at
all.
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Are you running Virtual PC or something??
 
You're right to certain extent, Carey.

Problems encountered will be the ndis.vxd used in 98. 98SE's and ME's will
work for cpus faster than 2.0 GHz. And can be highjacked from either OS to
use in 98.
Total size of all files exceeding 128GB will result in file/FAT errors in
FAT32 systems, number of partitions on one hard drive is of no consequence
regarding this problem in 98/98SE/ME.
Many applications won't work if the the total RAM seen exceeds 512MB in
98/98SE/ME. A vcache statement in system.ini can limit this.
Hardware drivers for current hardware may have little or no support for
98/98SE/ME. Becoming rare indeed.

If all these problems are overcome, it can be successful though.
 
The "best practise" for your situation is in this thread as well as a few
workable solutions. For greater certainty:

Best Practise:
Attach the old drive to your new box. There is a potential problem if the
new box has a SATA drive as it's boot drive: When you attach the old
drive to the parallel ATA controller, it will be enumerated first by the
BIOS. It has a primary partition set as active. That might cause problems
in the future under certain circumstances.

So, I would transfer whatever user files you want/need from the old to
new drive; re-format the old drive; use it for your data files or backup
or the like.

In any case, your old programs will have to be installed again.

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If you have to re-install the OS from scratch sometime in the future, you
might find it advisable to disconnect the old drive while you make the
changes.


Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell.User


| I'm about to dive in and get myself a new system. with Windows XP
| Professional. Right now I work with Win 98SE and have a lot of "stuff"
I
| don't want to loose. After reviewing a lot of info about dual hard
drive
| installations, I'm wondering if I can open the box of the new machine,
set
| the jumpers, power supply and ribbon connection to make the Windows XP
pro
| the slave drive and simply take the Win 98SE drive out of the old
computer
| and install it as the new primary hard drive,.close things up and press
on
| about business. This sounds way too simple, so where am I wrong and
what's
| the right way of doing this. I now there's a conflict in file systems
FAT32
| versus NTFS?? Thanks for any advice.
|
|
 
I'm about to dive in and get myself a new system. with Windows XP
Professional. Right now I work with Win 98SE and have a lot of "stuff" I
don't want to loose. After reviewing a lot of info about dual hard drive
installations, I'm wondering if I can open the box of the new machine, set
the jumpers, power supply and ribbon connection to make the Windows XP pro
the slave drive and simply take the Win 98SE drive out of the old computer
and install it as the new primary hard drive,.close things up and press on
about business. This sounds way too simple, so where am I wrong and what's
the right way of doing this. I now there's a conflict in file systems FAT32
versus NTFS?? Thanks for any advice.
 
Well. The last thing I wanted to do is P... a bunch of MVP 's off and as far
as posting in the "future" the computer is shipping 3-2.
What I have learned is that if I attempt this 1. make the W98 hard drive the
slave. 2. Keep the Win 98 system around and use it as I see fit. 3. Move on
and forget the past. All computers/software get old and whose gona know it
in a few years (I'm 74)
Sorry for being unclear. Yes I meant to be talking about both files and
programs which reside on the Win 98 hard drive. I gather the major thrust is
unless I'm better (more experienced) at what I'm trying to do, why risk
screwing up a new machine. Move on.. Thanks everyone for your advice.
 
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