installing windows 98...after XP has been installed

Install 98 first on C:, then install XP on D:. XP will recognise 98 and set up the necessary dual boot options. Provided you paid attention and gave the right answers during setup ofcourse.

the main problem is: XP is already PRE-INSTALLED on C drive!

Couldn''t you reformat C? Reinstall XP and 98. Just a thought but I am in way over my head here.

Don''t forget to back up your skins and stuff!

If you use PowerQuest Partition Magic http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/
you can set it up without uninstalling XP. Costs $70 though

Nah, Partition Magic/Boot Magic sucks for dual boot. I tried it. I use System Commander. It''s much easier to setup and it actually works. I have Win98 and WinXP on my system. My primary is split and neither OS knows the other exists, because you can hide the partitions. Then I split and hid partitions on my D drive too. So, its like having two complete OS. The one thing you have to remember with System Commander is that after you install the other Operating System, you have to reactivate System Commander. It will then provide its own graphical interface with icons for your different OS.

This is exactly how its works too. You set up one OS system and then install System Commander on it. Then, you reboot and System Commander takes over after the Bios loads. You can then tell it to add another OS. The graphical interface is very user friendly and it didn''t take me long to become a wizard with it. You can even password lock it to prevent changes or lock out the ability of others to get to Dos. Or you can Password lock certain Operating Systems completely.

I actually booted my Win98 for the last few days, after about five months, to play a little Black & White. Then, I figured out how to run Black & White on WinXP. Win98 is nice to have around, I guess. If you like to play Dos Games sometimes, or games that won''t run on WinXP. But, its only good for old games really. Nothing on Win98 looks as good as, or, is as fun as Object Desktop/Windowblinds and cursorXP on WinXP. So, my Win98 goes back to collecting cobwebs.

Chas....used Partition Magic/Boot Magic to setup a dual boot on my wife''s computer and it actually works Didn''t suck either

kk. Well, if it worked for you. I had lots of trouble with it myself. No offense intended. And customer support didn''t have a clue.

Customer Support...I am fortunate not to have had to use.....recently it was bought up by Symantec....so maybe that''ll get better. What''s System Commander cost? To me the $70 that Symantec is charging for Partition Magic is a bit steep.

Yeah, I brought it many years ago to dual boot Win98 and Win95. This is when I called Customer Support. It was just a waste of money. I tried the new version recently to Dual Boot Win98 and WinXP. At the time, I don''t think it could dual boot WinXP. So, I tried System Commander. I''ve seen it in the computer stores. Beyond that, I cannot comment.

For the few games I still play on my PC that won''t run on XP, I use VirtualPC.

Is that a program that you can install on WinXP? A sort of dos emulator? Got a link?

Oh yeah, I''m wondering too. How does System Commander use so many colors before the operating system boots, and our Boot Screen program is having so much trouble with multi-colors?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/ Used to be a Connectix product but was bought out by Microsoft. There''s a PC version and a Mac version. It let''s you set up as many virtual pc''s either full-screen or windowed in XP. Once you create your PC, you can load any OS you want on it....MS-DOS, Win9x, OS/2, Linux. Nice thing about it is not having to reboot to use it Not so nice is the price....I think $130, but that''s $100 less than Connectix was charging. Microsoft has a 45-day full version to try out

I can imagine someone somewhere running virtual pc on their Mac and using windowblinds to skin it as a Mac

Thanks for the link.

I can imagine someone somewhere running virtual pc on their Mac and using windowblinds to skin it as a Mac

Yep, I can imagine it too. You must have windows software because Mac software sucks. Ooops, what did I just say? I''m not trying to start a Mac vs. PC flame war. I was only kidding. No, No, really I was!!!

I couldn''t care less about mac lovers. Oh no, why did I say that? NEVERMIND!!

You can try VMWare Workstation for PC Emulation also.

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i dont understand why is everyone talking abt 3rd party softwares. @vimal, why think of spending money while xp has everything that u need? start your pc with a 98 boot disk & install 98 on D. when u r done, u'll see your xp/dual boot is gone. this is 'cos 98 has overwritten the master boot record. dont panic, ur xp is safe in C. now boot ur pc with an xp boot disk & when that 1st blue screen comes, press R to enter recovery console. it'll ask which os u wanna log in, for u its 'C:\windows'. then it'll ask for an acount name & pass from ur xp acounts. log in as admin, type 'bootcfg /scan'. it'll scan all ur current windows installations. u'll find 2 windows, i guess, 1 is D windows & 1 is C windows. then type 'bootcfg/ rebuild'. now it'll say sthing like
[1]c:\windows
add to boot(y/n)? y
enter load identifier(some name for this os) XP(in ur case)
enter load option(is it default or not) /fastdetect(if u want xp to be ed automatically, else just press enter)
[2]d:\windows
enter............... y
enter............... 98
enter............... /fastdetect(if u want 98 to be default)

restart ur pc & voila! u got the dual boot os choose screen, & none of ur os has been harmed.
thats all! see, no need to buy expensive 3rd party softwares.
hope it works for u.
good luck

Oh yeah, I''m wondering too. How does System Commander use so many colors before the operating system boots, and our Boot Screen program is having so much trouble with multi-colors?

I'd say it's precisely because it runs before the OS boots - it uses it's own 'driver' to talk to the VGA card and determine the capabilities of it etc and displays accordingly.

Bootskin is at the mercy of the OS which appears to load some 'minimal' VGA driver with the limitations we all know.

Chris, isn't this the idea behind getting full color support on the Bootskin Program? Getting the OS to use a different VGA driver than the one it is currently using?

i dont understand why is everyone talking abt 3rd party softwares. @vimal, why think of spending money while xp has everything that u need?

It's pretty easy. For fun, I have been installing 6 Linux on my laptop so far. Oh yeah XP is still there too. How? Microsoft Virtual PC.

Chris, isn't this the idea behind getting full color support on the Bootskin Program? Getting the OS to use a different VGA driver than the one it is currently using?

If I was a Stardock developer (hint, hint ) that's something I'd look at

VMware or MS Virtual,.. very good tools, and best of all. If you screw up the virtual OS, you can put it all back with just one simple mouse click! Excellent stuff indeed.