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I would like to install two OS; Win98 for some older games and WinXP for
general stuff and newer games. Is it best to install 98 first, and then XP
on a subsequent partition of the same HD, or vice versa? FAT32 or NTFS is of
no consequence to me; I will not have to access Win98 files from XP. Is
there an easy program which allows dual booting? I am familiar with System
Commander but have had trouble installing 98 after XP using this... I end up
losing my XP partition completely!

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How do I install Windows 98/Me after I've installed XP?
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How To Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP
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"David" wrote:

| I would like to install two OS; Win98 for some older games and WinXP for
| general stuff and newer games. Is it best to install 98 first, and then XP
| on a subsequent partition of the same HD, or vice versa? FAT32 or NTFS is of
| no consequence to me; I will not have to access Win98 files from XP. Is
| there an easy program which allows dual booting? I am familiar with System
| Commander but have had trouble installing 98 after XP using this... I end up
| losing my XP partition completely!

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"David" wrote:
|I would like to install two OS; Win98 for some older games and WinXP for
| general stuff and newer games. Is it best to install 98 first, and then XP
| on a subsequent partition of the same HD,
* Yes


FAT32 or NTFS is of
| no consequence to me;
* NTFS is the native file system of Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 and is always
recomended.


I will not have to access Win98 files from XP. Is
| there an easy program which allows dual booting?
* None is required. Windows XP will create the dual boot loader for you
automatically.

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