Can I get away with this? (Multi-booting)

Gallant Pig · 12-05-01, 01:41 PM

I have a machine that is running a triple boot: XP, 2000 Server, and WinME. Can I install Windows 98 on it without worrying about it wiping out all three of those other OS's? (I don't want to use a commercial boot manager thingy)

Thanks

X · 12-05-01, 02:05 PM

Not that I know of. You would have to do a boot repair from XP or 2K which is no big deal (save your boot.ini file just in case).

I seem to remember hearing about some kind of option you can use for a 98 install though that won't kill the previous boot info.

Gallant Pig · 12-05-01, 02:45 PM

thanks for the tip. I think I'll just start from scratch and go Win98, Win2k, and XP in that order. Nothing vital is on it anyway.

thanks again

X · 12-05-01, 02:49 PM

You are putting each on a separate partition, aren't you?

twikoff · 12-05-01, 03:13 PM

just to toss it out there.. but one thing I do..

I have very few times I need to go into win98 or win2k
but there are times

so I loaded up XP on my system.. installed VMware.. then created win98 and win2k installs from within vmware.. that way whenever I need to go in and try something, its there.. without having to get out of XP..

of course you need a nice chunk of ram to do this, and a decent processor.. but if you have those.. it really does make it easy to access the older operating systems

its especially good for those of us who still have to support win95 machines, but never have one around.. so when we have to walk them through step by step instructions for something minor, its less likely we will forget to tell them the obvious stuff

I suggested this to quite a few of my friends when they switched to win2k.. because they needed win98 for some games.. and they would load up 98 through vmware and play the games without any problem

12-05-01, 01:41 PM	#1
Gallant Pig Mod Emeritus Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,325	Can I get away with this? (Multi-booting) I have a machine that is running a triple boot: XP, 2000 Server, and WinME. Can I install Windows 98 on it without worrying about it wiping out all three of those other OS's? (I don't want to use a commercial boot manager thingy) Thanks

12-05-01, 02:05 PM	#2
X Administrator Join Date: Oct 1987 Location: AA- Posts: 10,122	Not that I know of. You would have to do a boot repair from XP or 2K which is no big deal (save your boot.ini file just in case). I seem to remember hearing about some kind of option you can use for a 98 install though that won't kill the previous boot info.

12-05-01, 02:45 PM	#3
Gallant Pig Mod Emeritus Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 15,325	thanks for the tip. I think I'll just start from scratch and go Win98, Win2k, and XP in that order. Nothing vital is on it anyway. thanks again

12-05-01, 02:49 PM	#4
X Administrator Join Date: Oct 1987 Location: AA- Posts: 10,122	You are putting each on a separate partition, aren't you?

12-05-01, 03:13 PM	#5
twikoff DVD Talk God Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Right Behind You!!! Posts: 79,337	just to toss it out there.. but one thing I do.. I have very few times I need to go into win98 or win2k but there are times so I loaded up XP on my system.. installed VMware.. then created win98 and win2k installs from within vmware.. that way whenever I need to go in and try something, its there.. without having to get out of XP.. of course you need a nice chunk of ram to do this, and a decent processor.. but if you have those.. it really does make it easy to access the older operating systems its especially good for those of us who still have to support win95 machines, but never have one around.. so when we have to walk them through step by step instructions for something minor, its less likely we will forget to tell them the obvious stuff I suggested this to quite a few of my friends when they switched to win2k.. because they needed win98 for some games.. and they would load up 98 through vmware and play the games without any problem