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31 Dec 2008, 2:10 pm

Alright if I install Windows 98SE on a Primary Hard Disk in FAT32 and put 2000 on a secondary hard disk in NTFS will it work. And will it give me the OS choice.

I'm doing this on old computer.

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31 Dec 2008, 2:14 pm

I've never heard of anyone attempting this and am curious as to why you want to, but as always Google is your friend.

This guide looked plausible on cursory examination.

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31 Dec 2008, 2:17 pm

Theoretically yes, have never tested it though. It works if you use separate partitions on the same disk, so on different disks it should be the same way.

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31 Dec 2008, 2:22 pm

It will only work if both disks are present during both installs. You will need to install 98se first though. I do prefer to use a boot manager with more features such as Boot Magic 8. Works for me...

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31 Dec 2008, 2:23 pm

gamefreak wrote:

Alright if I install Windows 98SE on a Primary Hard Disk in FAT32 and put 2000 on a secondary hard disk in NTFS will it work. And will it give me the OS choice.

It could work, but you'll probably need a boot manager if Win2k doesn't have one.

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31 Dec 2008, 2:25 pm

fat 32 just won't see anything on the ntfs partitions, but it should work fine
I had win 95 and NT with 98 running on separate partitions

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31 Dec 2008, 3:06 pm

NT, 2000, XP, Vista all have boot managers that will recognize other versions of windows when you install them

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31 Dec 2008, 10:58 pm

Well I set Win98SE on my 40GB which is partitioned as FAT32 & set Windows XP on my 60GB HD & set it to NTFS. It all worked out, Thanks!! !

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01 Jan 2009, 9:45 pm

Why didn't you put 98SE and 2000 in a virtual machine? I mean your not going to be using them for 3D games or something like that?

Well if you decide to go the virtual machine route I guess XP as your host OS or something like say Ubuntu :d.

How much RAM does that computer have by the way? If it's below 256MB RAM the virtual machine idea won't work it seems.

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02 Jan 2009, 1:13 pm

Seb wrote:

i don't believe a 750Mhz AMD Athlon w/ 512MB of memory can run virtual machine. Even my 1.5Ghz Athlon XP 1700 w/ 640MB Memory wouldn't cut it in a virtual machine.

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