CPU Question

[warning]

I have a quick question and probably a dumb one but before you ask I have my reasons for doing this :).

I have a Windows 98se CPU I want to add a second hard drive containing Win XP is this possible. If so can anyone please give me advice as to how to do this.

[Mustang65]

I have a quick question and probably a dumb one but before you ask I have my reasons for doing this :).

I have a Windows 98se CPU I want to add a second hard drive containing Win XP is this possible. If so can anyone please give me advice as to how to do this.

You need to give more info than that. What CPU and RAM does this machine have? If it came with 98se then it is probably around 7 years old and I wouldn't suggest running XP on it.

[J. Flockery]

I have a quick question and probably a dumb one but before you ask I have my reasons for doing this :).

I have a Windows 98se CPU I want to add a second hard drive containing Win XP is this possible. If so can anyone please give me advice as to how to do this.

For one thing, you have either an Intel or AMD CPU (central processing unit). That is only one component of your computer system. First question, why would you want to dual boot Win98se and WinXP? You are going to have to have at least 256MB of RAM and probably around a 1Ghz CPU to run WinXP stable (you really need 512MB of RAM to be please with WinXP; it is a resource hog). Make sure that you format both drives FAT32. This will give both operating systems the ability to read each other. If you format the WinXP hard drive NTFS then the Win98 partition (formatted in FAT32) will not be able to read it. If you have no earthly idea what I'm talking about then stay as far away from reinstalling an operating system as possible. That's just a good rule of thumb. If you want to learn what all this stuff means, please feel free to drop me line anytime. To answer your question, yes, it is possible to dual boot Win98 and WinXP.

[Mustang65]

For one thing, you have either an Intel or AMD CPU (central processing unit). That is only one component of your computer system. First question, why would you want to dual boot Win98se and WinXP? You are going to have to have at least 256MB of RAM and probably around a 1Ghz CPU to run WinXP stable (you really need 512MB of RAM to be please with WinXP; it is a resource hog). Make sure that you format both drives FAT32. This will give both operating systems the ability to read each other. If you format the WinXP hard drive NTFS then the Win98 partition (formatted in FAT32) will not be able to read it. If you have no earthly idea what I'm talking about then stay as far away from reinstalling an operating system as possible. That's just a good rule of thumb. If you want to learn what all this stuff means, please feel free to drop me line anytime. To answer your question, yes, it is possible to dual boot Win98 and WinXP.


Well yea if you want to get technical. :cool: I was just trying to keep it simple. I can see lots of people getting whoosy just reading that J. ;)

[J. Flockery]

Well yea if you want to get technical. :cool: I was just trying to keep it simple. I can see lots of people getting whoosy just reading that J. ;)

Sorry, LoL!

[RagingGeneral33]

Sorry, LoL!


There he goes again!!! :)

[0ldman]

Just as a general rule, unless someone is dead set on upgrading to XP, I recommend against it. By the time you upgrade a system that came with Windows 98 to run XP and buy XP, you can get a cheap system.

Why do you want to dual boot 98 and XP? 2000 can do just about everything XP can and the system requirements are much lower.

For that matter, I can make 98 do just about anything XP can do, and 98 is reeeeally fast on newer machines.

[Ranger]

Just as a general rule, unless someone is dead set on upgrading to XP, I recommend against it. By the time you upgrade a system that came with Windows 98 to run XP and buy XP, you can get a cheap system.

Why do you want to dual boot 98 and XP? 2000 can do just about everything XP can and the system requirements are much lower.

For that matter, I can make 98 do just about anything XP can do, and 98 is reeeeally fast on newer machines.


true 98 is faster on newer computers but can you make it run these new programs and games that require XP.

[mmcd3182]

For one thing, you have either an Intel or AMD CPU (central processing unit). That is only one component of your computer system. First question, why would you want to dual boot Win98se and WinXP? You are going to have to have at least 256MB of RAM and probably around a 1Ghz CPU to run WinXP stable (you really need 512MB of RAM to be please with WinXP; it is a resource hog). Make sure that you format both drives FAT32. This will give both operating systems the ability to read each other. If you format the WinXP hard drive NTFS then the Win98 partition (formatted in FAT32) will not be able to read it. If you have no earthly idea what I'm talking about then stay as far away from reinstalling an operating system as possible. That's just a good rule of thumb. If you want to learn what all this stuff means, please feel free to drop me line anytime. To answer your question, yes, it is possible to dual boot Win98 and WinXP.


made complete sense to me... especially that part about... "if you dont know what i'm talking about, then stay AWAY"... I LOVE BREAKING ... um... "fixing" computers in a "new and unique way" .... lol

:)

[0ldman]

true 98 is faster on newer computers but can you make it run these new programs and games that require XP.
At this point there are very few programs that require XP for home users.

A good bit of custom software for businesses have quit supporting 98, but 90% of the software out there will still run on 98. You need 98SE for driver support on 75% of your newer hardware tho.

Pretty much any Microsoft program works fine on 98, as does AOL (aagh), Earthlink, etc...

[Ranger]

At this point there are very few programs that require XP for home users.

A good bit of custom software for businesses have quit supporting 98, but 90% of the software out there will still run on 98. You need 98SE for driver support on 75% of your newer hardware tho.

Pretty much any Microsoft program works fine on 98, as does AOL (aagh), Earthlink, etc...


I know I have progams that will not work on 98, I have tried. I also have several games that will not work on 98.

But I guess I am a little more than the average bear.

[J. Flockery]

At this point there are very few programs that require XP for home users.

A good bit of custom software for businesses have quit supporting 98, but 90% of the software out there will still run on 98. You need 98SE for driver support on 75% of your newer hardware tho.

Pretty much any Microsoft program works fine on 98, as does AOL (aagh), Earthlink, etc...

Microsoft Office 2003 won't run on 98 or 98se. That's only one though, LoL! If you have any religious Internet Explorer users, then IE7 won't run on anything less than WinXP with SP2 right now. MS will probably change this after it comes out of beta though....who knows with Microsoft. I have the same feelings about AOL!

[smiley]

You can have two different OS's on the same computer: The easiest way is to have 2 hard drives and use your BIOS to define your boot drive. There are some commercial programs out there that will actually pop up at the beginning and give you a choice.

Also, contrary to popular belief, WIN XP runs just fine on a Pentium 3-750....

Another option, which might well bridge the 2 (win xp and win 98se) is Windows 2000 Pro.

[0ldman]

I currently run XP on a 500MHz test box, the biggest problem is the amount of RAM.

You can definately tell you are running on a slower system tho, you need to turn off some of the visual goodies in XP to keep performance up.

If you install 98 first, then install NT/2000/XP/Linux after, they handle the boot options, it is definately easier to choose from a boot menu than to change the boot order in the BIOS every time. I currently dual boot XP and Suse 10.0.