Current Computer:
Dell Dimension L1000R
1Ghz
256SDRAM
C Drive: NTFS (Windows XP Pro)
D Drive: Fat32 (Plain data)
I want to install Windows 98 on my D drive and have two operating systems running at the same time. I need 98 up to run some games that just require way too much on XP and function very slowly. I called Dell, but they said that it can’t be done without installing 98 first. I don’t want to format or screw up my XP right now, I don’t trust Dell though because most of those people are somewhat idiots, is there another way out?
Hm, I have win2000pro and xphome runing
Took me forever to get it working and it is always a mess with the video drivers and stuff.
So i don’t really get your question, I guess you can make it by creating a partition on your d drive and format yust the partitition, but I guess you don’t have enough spcae on C to backup the stuff for this time.
Just ask a friend to bring his pc over or something.
I hope that was helpful
well, i can repartition my d if i wanted…but i wanna install 98 on it…but dell says that i have to install 98 first in order to have two operating systems…is that true?
Your computer will not boot from the d: drive. So… They make a cool device that switches the pri/sec of your drives on the fly between reboots, so you can have a clean install of each os and by the flip of a switch you decide which one boots up.
Yes, you change it in the Bios. I hope you know how to do it. When you don’t know what your doing, ask someone, the Bios is fun to play with, but just when you know what ur doing… k ?
I’m not sure waht does the second and third one stand for though. My D drive is only a partitioned hard drive, I only have one physical hard drive. Can you explain.
In the BIOS move the Atapi CDROM to the top of the list. Then when you insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM it should boot automatically.
I have an idea that might make it work though…
On the program or shortcut that works slowly, right-click and choose properties. Then choose the compatibility tab and mess around with the settings there… this is in XP.
Most likely the one you want is “Disable visual themes”
If you change the boot device order it will go check the CDROM if there is a bootable device in it (thats your windows 98 CD), it’ll boot the cd up prompting you if you want to install it or not, after a while you will get to a stage where you can choose to either format/install or install the OS to a specific HDD.
Yes but that still doesn’t fix the issue that the computer will by default boot the OS that is installed on the c: drive. I did not know that you were using one physical drive partitioned into two logical drives. This complicates matters quite a bit. In this cas I would have to agree with the Dell tech. You would need to install 98 first, and you could not use NTFS at all. Even if you installed 98 on the d: partition, there is no way I know of to make it boot. Sorry bud…
