Windows 98 and Windows 2000 on the same PC

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Hi Hrvoje,

Yes, it is possible to install Windows 98 and 2000 on the
same PC.
Note that you will have to first install Windows 98 and
follow by Windows 2000

Please refer to the following Knowledge Base article for
details:
* How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT, Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=217210

Hope the given information helps. Thanks.

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Hi Hrvoje,

Yes, it is possible to install Windows 98 and 2000 on the
same PC.
Note that you will have to first install Windows 98 and
follow by Windows 2000

Please refer to the following Knowledge Base article for
details:
* How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT, Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=217210

Hope the given information helps. Thanks.

Annie @ Microsoft

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While it is preferable to install Win98 first, then Win2000,
you can also do it the other way round if you're prepared
to make some adjustments to the boot environment.


Hi Hrvoje,

Yes, it is possible to install Windows 98 and 2000 on the
same PC.
Note that you will have to first install Windows 98 and
follow by Windows 2000

Please refer to the following Knowledge Base article for
details:
* How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows
NT, Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=217210

Hope the given information helps. Thanks.

Annie @ Microsoft

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my online account name for newsgroup participation only.
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Greetings --

The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x and Win2K
would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows:

C: FAT32 Win9x/Legacy Apps & Games
D: NTFS Win2K/Modern Apps

Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s)
size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its
applications.

Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large
disk support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning
utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.)

Install Win9x first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or
D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows
directory. When you subsequently install Win2K, be sure to specify
"D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when
asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other
partition. The Win2K installation routine will automatically set up a
Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this menu can be
readily edited from within Win2K. NOTE: If you elect to place Win98
on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive as FAT32.

This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by
placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either
of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the
second operating system on the second hard drive.

It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared
applications, but it would be necessary for such a partition to be
formatted in the common file format (FAT32). The applications would
also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper system file
placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the bulk of the
program files could be located on this common partition. I do not,
however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to uninstall
such an application from one OS, you may not be able to gracefully
uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial
installation data during the first uninstall action.

Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap):

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q217/2/10.ASP

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/management/mltiboot.asp



Bruce Chambers

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