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Phil Francis - 14 Dec 2003 16:20 GMT
Hi,
I have a computer running winXP. The hard drive has a small
Fat32 partition. I would like to increase the size of this
partition in order to instal win98SE and eventually dual-
boot my system. Could you please advise on the easiest way
to do this, keeping in mind that I need to retain the data
on my drive.
Regards, Phil Francis.
philo - 14 Dec 2003 18:50 GMT
> Hi,
> I have a computer running winXP. The hard drive has a small
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> on my drive.
> Regards, Phil Francis.

First off, I hope you are not planning on installing Win98 on the same
partition as XP...that will definately create problems.
At any rate, to reduce the size of one partition and allocate that space to
another... you will need a 3rd party utility such as partition magic.

Also, if you install Win98 *after* XP has already been installed,
your XP will no longer be bootable...so you will need to boot with your XP
cd  then from the repair console...repair your boot loader by issuing the
command :  fixboot

Personally I don't think I'd bother with installing the Win98...
if there are any apps you are having problems with...you may try to set the
compatability to win98.
Bert Kinney - 14 Dec 2003 19:13 GMT
Hi Phil,

How do I install Windows 98/Me after I've installed XP?
(without 3rd party software)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm

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> Hi,
> I have a computer running winXP. The hard drive has a small
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> on my drive.
> Regards, Phil Francis.
Nic - 19 Dec 2003 15:46 GMT
Bert

(Right now I am answering "from the seat of my pants".) I
have only had experience with NT vs XP, but someone else
may verify this. )

Philo's response told you most of the story.  You install
98/Me in the empty (FAT32) partition.

After that, your computer will only boot
in the Win98/Me mode, so you need to do the XP repair
process.  This should install a boot loader program that
gives you a choice of booting under XP or "Windows". (It
would also let you select a different partition for booting
up XP so you could have two different XP systems to choose
from.  In that case you would run the XP installation which
at some point you should be able to choose where it is
installed.  Then the XP boot choices should also appear on
the boot loader menu when starting the computer.)  

There should be a way to edit the selections on the boot
loader to say "Windows 98" vs the more generic entry it
provides.

Other boot managers are available from a number of sources.
IBM had one that was provided with OS-2.  Some Linux
distributions probably come with one.  There are a couple of
commercial products like System Commander that allow the
use of multiple operating systems on a single computer.  

Nic
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Phil,
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>
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Phil Francis - 29 Dec 2003 21:02 GMT
Many thanks for your helpful suggestions, guys!
>-----Original Message-----
>Bert
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Tux Wonder-Dog - 24 Jan 2004 10:56 GMT
> Bert
>
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>  IBM had one that was provided with OS-2.  Some Linux
> distributions probably come with one.

Speaking from experience here - Linux comes with Lilo - Linux Loader, and
Grub - Grand Unified Bootloader.  there were some earlier ones, but the two
I mentioned are tried, tested and true.  The *BSDs - FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD and the others - also come with their own
bootloaders.

And yes, you can install the bootloader independently of the OS.

> There are a couple of
> commercial products like System Commander that allow the
> use of multiple operating systems on a single computer.

Partition Magic, if I remember correctly, comes with Bootmagic, its own
bootloader.  I've got it on a PC I share between a MS OS and OS/2.

> Nic
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