Windows 98 after Windows2K

M

Mrich

Can I install Windows 98se after installing Windows 2K ?
I know the new operating system should go on last but what would be the
problems ?
Thanks in advance,
Mrich.
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Mrich said:
Can I install Windows 98se after installing Windows 2K ?
I know the new operating system should go on last but what would be the
problems ?
Thanks in advance,
Mrich.

What are your current partitions - FAT32 or NTFS?
 
J

Jetro

You need separate primary partition or additional disk for W98.
Without the third-party loader it could be a bit complicated, but briefly,
assuming the computer starts from W98 disk/partition:

- boot into W98 and save its boot sector from the Command Prompt:
debug
L 100 2 0 1
n bootsect.f32
rcx
200
w
q
- boot into W2k Recovery Console and rewrite 1st (W98) disk MBR using
'fixmbr'; maybe, 'fixboot' for this disk won't harm anything; 'fixmbr /?'
and 'fixboot /?' provide the proper syntax;
- copy ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini files from W2k disk to W98 disk; in
case of the SCSI disk copy the ntbootdd.sys file as well;
- edit the copied boot.ini file; if both IDE disks are on the same channel,
it should look like

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /fastdetect
c:\bootsect.f32="Windows 98"

If you stay with one disk and two partitions, it should be

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2).
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

Mrich said:
Current partition is NTFS.

It is not possible to install Win98 onto your current hard
disk. Assuming that you stick to the one disk, you have
two options:

a) Convert your disk to FAT32, then install Win98.
b) Repartition your disk so that you have at least one
Win98 partition, then use a third-party boot manager
to manage the boot process.

If you post your preference then someone will provide futher
details for each option.

Things would get much simpler if you had a second
unused disk lying about. It could be quite small - say
2 GBytes.
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

To install Win98 on the second drive, do this:
1. Disconnect your first drive.
2. Connect the second drive as the primary master.
3. Install Windows 98.
4. Test it.
5. Connect your Win2000 disk as the primary master.
6. Connect your Win98 disk as something other than
the primary master.
7. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
8. Install the free boot manager XOSL in the existing
Win98 partition. Do NOT select "dedicated partition" -
this would erase your Win98 installation.
9. Add Windows 2000 and Windows 98 to the XOSL
menu.
10. Instruct XOS to switch disks when booting into Win98.
 
G

Guest

And don't forget, Win98 cannot read data on NTFS partition. So if Win98 has
to see data from your Win2000 you'll have to convert the file structure to
FAT32 or copy files to your new drive (Win2000 can see both types so you
would have to be running 2000 to copy them over).

Phil
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

The best option in such cases is to have a common FAT32
partition that is reserved for data. The OP's structure might
look like so:

Disk 1 Partition 1: NTFS (for Win2000)
Disk 2 Partition 1: FAT32 (for Win98)
Disk 2 Partition 2: FAT32 (for shared data)

or like so:

Disk 1 Partition 1: NTFS (for Win2000)
Disk 1 Partition 2: FAT32 (for shared data)
Disk 2 Partition 1: FAT32 (for Win98)
 

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