Virtual Machine

SkazzyUK · July 21st, 2002

Ok, I wondered if I could make another partition putting win 98 on it so I can boot up to windows 98 for other stuff like using older programs is that possi?

Adam

**dave holbon** · July 21st, 2002

Are you talking about a dual-boot machine between XP and 98?

July 21st, 2002

Sure. But if XP is already installed on the system you'll need a third party utility such as Partition Magic 7.0 to do what you want (or you can reformat and start from scratch).

The issue is that older OS's always need to be installed first, and DOS based OS's need to be installed ahead of NTFS based OS's. So if XP is already on C: you need a reformat or PM7 (which will allow you to circumvent the rule I mentioned).

July 21st, 2002	Top \| #1
SkazzyUK XP-erience Oldie Joined: October 2004 Location: Brighton, West Sussex, UK Posts: 900 Reputation: 20 Power: 103	Virtual Machine Ok, I wondered if I could make another partition putting win 98 on it so I can boot up to windows 98 for other stuff like using older programs is that possi? Adam

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July 21st, 2002	Top \| #2
dave holbon OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: May 2002 Location: London England Posts: 1,014 Reputation: 140 Power: 133	Are you talking about a dual-boot machine between XP and 98?

July 21st, 2002	Top \| #3
allan Unregistered Posts: n/a	Sure. But if XP is already installed on the system you'll need a third party utility such as Partition Magic 7.0 to do what you want (or you can reformat and start from scratch). The issue is that older OS's always need to be installed first, and DOS based OS's need to be installed ahead of NTFS based OS's. So if XP is already on C: you need a reformat or PM7 (which will allow you to circumvent the rule I mentioned).