thomas
April 18th 03, 02:50 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>well of course you can
>dual boot is fairly simple usually
>1 I assume you are using XP home and whether it has the
>same setup as pro i don't know!
>when you boot from the cd you should get a select option
>after it has loaded the files under the inital blue
>screen it then gives you the option of where to put your
>install obviously don't choose where your 98 install is.
>Don't install in win 98 either its probably why you are
>finding it difficult
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>here is my problem. i have to 2 harddrives installed on
>>cpu. the first one is set as prim. master with win98 on
>>it. the 2nd one is set as prim slave with xp hom on it.
>i
>>am able to boot up to anyone of these o/s by changing
>the
>>boot sequence.when i am in win98 and go to my computer
>it
>>shows it as c drive. the other drive is d, but when i
>>right click d there is nothing there. when i go into xp
>>and go to my computer it shows xp as c drive and the
>other
>>drive (98) as f drive and says it is there. what i want
>to
>>do is have a dual boot set up. i was told win 98 had to
>be
>>primary (which it is). then install xp. in order to in
>>stall xp i would have to do a full install which would
>>format drive. tried this but it formatted my win98 drive
>>as it is drive c. had to disconnect ribbon cable from
>>slave drive to reinstall 98. now i am back to original
>>setup. can i set up a dual boot or not. should i stay
>they
>>way i am, and just change boot sequence when i want to
>use
>>either or o/s. thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>my system came with xp home already installed. it has its
own partition. i cannot rember when i did a clean install
whether or not it gave me the option of what drive to
select. but will try again and see if it does. thanks
>well of course you can
>dual boot is fairly simple usually
>1 I assume you are using XP home and whether it has the
>same setup as pro i don't know!
>when you boot from the cd you should get a select option
>after it has loaded the files under the inital blue
>screen it then gives you the option of where to put your
>install obviously don't choose where your 98 install is.
>Don't install in win 98 either its probably why you are
>finding it difficult
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>here is my problem. i have to 2 harddrives installed on
>>cpu. the first one is set as prim. master with win98 on
>>it. the 2nd one is set as prim slave with xp hom on it.
>i
>>am able to boot up to anyone of these o/s by changing
>the
>>boot sequence.when i am in win98 and go to my computer
>it
>>shows it as c drive. the other drive is d, but when i
>>right click d there is nothing there. when i go into xp
>>and go to my computer it shows xp as c drive and the
>other
>>drive (98) as f drive and says it is there. what i want
>to
>>do is have a dual boot set up. i was told win 98 had to
>be
>>primary (which it is). then install xp. in order to in
>>stall xp i would have to do a full install which would
>>format drive. tried this but it formatted my win98 drive
>>as it is drive c. had to disconnect ribbon cable from
>>slave drive to reinstall 98. now i am back to original
>>setup. can i set up a dual boot or not. should i stay
>they
>>way i am, and just change boot sequence when i want to
>use
>>either or o/s. thanks
>>.
>>
>.
>my system came with xp home already installed. it has its
own partition. i cannot rember when i did a clean install
whether or not it gave me the option of what drive to
select. but will try again and see if it does. thanks