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Dual boot 98/XP, install which first

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  • Windows XP
  • Windows
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  • Hewlett Packard
  • HP Pavilion
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October 19, 2013 2:19:17 PM

I am turning my old 2003 HP Pavilion 325c XP based machine into a retro gaming pc and need to dual boot 98SE and XP. I would stick to just 98SE but a few of my games are just easier to play threw Steam or GOG.com that only supports XP and up,access to the internet,ect.

It served me well for 7 years before I upgraded to another system and now just happens to be exactly what I was looking to build in a 98' (96-05') gaming machine without wasting any money. It's about as fast as you can get and still be 98 compatible.

It looks like the MSI MS-6390/HP-Crossfire motherboard has Windows 98 drivers for the Chipset and all on-board devices. Should I install windows XP or 98SE first and should I put them on different hard-drives so I don't run into FAT32 vs other partition problem? Is the BIOS operating system specific or compatible?

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz)
512mb PC2100 RAM
60 GB Ultra DMA
Integrated AC97
Geforce 6800 GT or Ultra
460w power supply





List of old games I will be installing.


Quake 1
Mission Pack 1 Scourge of Armagon
Mission Pack 2 Dissolution of Eternity
Malice
Dark Hour
Aftershock
Shrak
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse
Q!ZONE

Quake 2
The Reckoning
Ground Zero
Extremities
Juggernaut The New Story
Zaero

Quake 3
Team Arena

Heretic/Hexen Combo Steam

Unreal 1, Return to Na pali EP, Unreal II The
Awakening, Unreal Tournament (99),UT03',UT04',
UT3

Doom 1(Ultimate), Doom 2, Final Doom,

Wolfenstein

Duke Nukem 3D(Atomic Ed.),Duke it out in D.C.,
Caribbean life is a Beach, Nuclear Winter

Redneck Rampage, The Early Years, Suckin' Grits
on Route 66, Rides Again,Cuss pack

Half-Life 1,Blue Shift,Opposing Force,
TFC,DeathMatch Classic,Black Mesa, Bluestrike,
Awakening,

Counter-Strike Beta 5.2/6.1 and Version 1.6

Shadow Warrior, Wanton Destruction,Twin Dragon

Blood 1 ,Plasma Pak,Cryptic Passage, Blood II
The Chosen, The Nightmare Levels


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a b α HP
October 19, 2013 2:33:10 PM

Put them on two different drives. Select at boot time.

PS: Q1 is my all time favorite game. I have those 2 mission packs as well.
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October 19, 2013 2:46:28 PM

Ok I will do a fresh install of XP and all current drivers on that HD and then add a 2nd 40gb hard drive for 98SE and all compatible drivers.
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a b α HP
October 19, 2013 2:55:38 PM

adam38654 said:
Ok I will do a fresh install of XP and all current drivers on that HD and then add a 2nd 40gb hard drive for 98SE and all compatible drivers.


During the installs, I'd only have the target drive installed.
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October 19, 2013 2:59:07 PM

Then the boot menu will automatically give me an option of which drive to select?
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a b α HP
October 19, 2013 3:04:02 PM

adam38654 said:
Then the boot menu will automatically give me an option of which drive to select?


Yes. On boot, whatever key is used to invoke the boot menu (F12)...select the required drive.
Play on.
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October 19, 2013 7:06:21 PM

Should I format the XP drive Fat32 also in case I want to DL a patch or driver off the internet in XP and then transfer it to the 98 HD?
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a b α HP
October 19, 2013 7:14:38 PM

adam38654 said:
Should I format the XP drive Fat32 also in case I want to DL a patch or driver off the internet in XP and then transfer it to the 98 HD?


I'd probably use a USB stick for that, instead of compromising the whole XP system.
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October 19, 2013 9:40:57 PM

I probably will but USB is kinda slow in 98 and I may have to transfer some big game folders.

I was reading about dual boot on Microsofts website and they said while running win98 with FAT32 you can not access any files from the NTFS based XP drive. So when I am running XP on say C: can I download or copy something directly into the 98 D: drive and it save as the correct FAT32 ?

Also, can I just unplug the C: drive to install 98 on D: or do I have to configure it as the master drive by moving it on the ribbon and changing the jumpers.

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