install windows 98 after i've insatlled win XP

[Guest]

hello
i need to install win 98 after i've installed win XP professional in my
laptop and i want to chose the operate system when i start up my computer
(multibooting)

my C drive is NTFS

thanks, please help me

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Since your C drive is NTFS, you'll need to use a 3rd party boot manager, such as BootIt Next Generation (www.bootitng.com) or PQ Boot (part of Partition Magic).

 

[Steve N.]

hello
i need to install win 98 after i've installed win XP professional in my
laptop and i want to chose the operate system when i start up my computer
(multibooting)

my C drive is NTFS

thanks, please help me

It is generally best to install the older OS first and use different
partitions for each OS.

Start here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/multiboot.mspx

Steve N.

 

[JS]

Win98 does not support an NTFS file system. Do you have more than one
partition or Hard Drive?

JS

 

[Guest]

hi..
thanks for replying ...
i have 2 partitons in y laptop c and d both are ntfs
i dont have flopy drive
and i need to install win98 after i've to install winXp, also i don't know
how to convert my drivers from NTF to FAT32

 

[JS]

What's on the D partition: data files, applications or both?

JS

 

[Guest]

HI
in D partion application, but they are important

 

[JS]

If you have applications and the partition is NTFS then Win98 is not an
option as it only supports FAT32. A third party utility like Partition magic
may (and I say may) be able to make a third bootable partition by taking
space from your D and possibly C partitions. What is the size of your hard
drive and how much free space is on each partition.

JS

 

[Guest]

my hard drive is 80GB free space in d drive is 5GB and in C drive is 40 GB
and i don't any thing about third party utility

 

[JS]

Well you might have enough free space on the C partition to create another
partition. I would think that taking 15GB from C would give you enough to
run Win98 and a limited number of applications. This would leave 25GB free
for Windows XP.

But as I said, you will need a utility to do this or the only other
alternative is to wipe the C partition and start all over 'Not a very good
choice' and not recommended except as a last resort as you will lose Windows
XP and all your installed applications, which then must be re-installed.

If you decide to go forward ALWAYS make a backup (Image backup of the C
drive) just in case things done work out as expected.

JS

 

[frodo]

as always, google is your friend:

http://www.google.com/search?q=installing+win98+after+xp

DO READ the cautions, if done wrong it can mess up the boot image.