Installing windows 98 with xp

[Kevin]

I have windows xp pro in the C: and i was wondering if
it's possible to install win 98 on another hard disk to
have a multi boot system. the catch is that all my drives
are ntfs.. i understand that i might have to make a fat
partition for win 98, but is it possible to install to an
ntfs disk?

[Mike]

Get yourself a copy of Partition Magic first then you can have all the
partitions and O/s's loaded that you could want (disk space available).

--
Norfolk & Way

If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he
still wrong?


"Kevin" > wrote in message
...
> I have windows xp pro in the C: and i was wondering if
> it's possible to install win 98 on another hard disk to
> have a multi boot system. the catch is that all my drives
> are ntfs.. i understand that i might have to make a fat
> partition for win 98, but is it possible to install to an
> ntfs disk?

[R. C. White]

Hi, Kevin.

Not only must Win98's "boot volume" be FAT, but the System Partition (almost
always Drive C:) must also be FAT (16 or 32). Otherwise, Win98 cannot boot
at all because it can't read its boot sector (preserved by WinXP Setup as
C:\bootsect.dos) and its "system files" (C:\io.sys and C:\msdos.sys).

Third-party solutions may be able to overcome this, but the native WinXP
dual-boot system cannot.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"Kevin" > wrote in message
...
> I have windows xp pro in the C: and i was wondering if
> it's possible to install win 98 on another hard disk to
> have a multi boot system. the catch is that all my drives
> are ntfs.. i understand that i might have to make a fat
> partition for win 98, but is it possible to install to an
> ntfs disk?

[Papa]

For a Windows 98/Windows XP dual boot system you will need FAT32 all the
way. NTFS will not be compatible (unless there is a 3rd party package that
can handle it).

"Kevin" > wrote in message
...
> I have windows xp pro in the C: and i was wondering if
> it's possible to install win 98 on another hard disk to
> have a multi boot system. the catch is that all my drives
> are ntfs.. i understand that i might have to make a fat
> partition for win 98, but is it possible to install to an
> ntfs disk?