Upgrade to XP with DOS boot

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

OK, short explaination

I have a disk with two partitions:

1: Win98se and MS-DOS
2: Blank (not used yet)

I'd like to upgrade to XP Pro keeping config, but I'd
also like to be able to boot to DOS (for DOS programs)

1: WinXP (upgraded from Win98se, preserving files)
2: MS-DOS boot (to be able to run DOS programs)

How do I achvie this in the easiest way?

I know the alternativ is to install XP on the empty partition, but
then I would have to install all programs from scratch, and move lots
of file (will XP be able to read the DOS-partion in this case?):

1: Win98se and MS-DOS (original install)
2: WinXP (new installation)

Any help is apreciated

 

[Guest]

How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;306559

keep in mind that MS does not support 2 operating systems
on a single partition.

 

[Lars-Erik Østerud]

How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-
us;306559

Didn't quite answer my question :-/

keep in mind that MS does not support 2 operating systems
on a single partition.

Yes of course, my plan was using two partitions (as below).

Question is how to BOTH have MS-DOS on no 1 partition AND Win98se on
the 2nd to start with. So that I can upgrade the Win98se on the 2nd
partition to XP, and still have the possibility to boot to MS-DOS

If this had been a clean install of XP everything would be OK.
Install MS-DOS on partition 1, install XP on partition 2.

But the XP install should be an upgrade of the Win98se install
(how do I do this, can I copy my WIn98se install from the old disk to
partition 2 and set that as the active partition before installing XP,
will XP still see the MS-DOS on partation 1 when writing boot-manager)

 

[Len]

You may have specific reasons for choosing the upgrade path from Win98,
however this is not the best way to go in creating an XP installation. You
may save some time on re-installation of applications but the time spent
cleaning up the the XP install (removing old/incompatable software and
drivers) and settings changes may be more time consuming in the long run!

The very best way is to install XP on a newly formated drive/partition with
SP2 slipstreamed if possible. The upgrade is much more prone to other
issues which may be tedious to repair at best or that could make your system
unusable at worst. Backup your important data and do a clean install if at
all possible. This will pick up your MS DOS installation as well I believe
allowing for a dual boot.

Good Luck,
Len