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pc-user004758816@serial-number90-77624.01.com - 24 Dec 2007 02:56 GMT

I want to put Win98 on one harddrive and Win2k on the other.
How do I setup a dual boot?
Also, I want both on Fat 32, no NTFS, so I can read both drives from
Dos.

Yes, I know NTFS is more stable, but I dont want any drive I can not
access from Dos in case of problems. The only way I'd even consider
using NTFS is if ONLY the operating system was on the NTFS partition,
and all programs and data were on Fat32. That may not be possible.

Can anyone help.

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Dave Patrick - 24 Dec 2007 03:31 GMT

Install Win98 on disk0 then when complete install Windows 2000 choosing to
install to disk1

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the
prompts.

(Note: If your drive controller is not natively supported then you'll want
to boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very
important (at setup is inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive
controller detection, and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later
you'll be prompted to insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver
for your drive controller in drive "A")

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard
disk then press C to create a new partition on disk1 and specify the size
(must be 32 gB or less for fat32).

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your new install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095
E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B547
30CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

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>I want to put Win98 on one harddrive and Win2k on the other.
> How do I setup a dual boot?
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pc-user004758816@serial-number90-77624.01.com - 05 Jan 2008 08:56 GMT

>Install Win98 on disk0 then when complete install Windows 2000 choosing to
>install to disk1
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>Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B547
30CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

Thanks for all your help. There's just one problem. I dont have an
install CD. It came installed on the hard drive when I bought the
computer. There's a directory called i386. I believe that contains
all the install files, and my registration license number is on a MS
sticker on the case. How do install it from the hard drive (formatted
to NTFS). Or, should I just burn that whole directory to a CD?

I could also use this harddrive with Win2K installed and use it for
the install, because it's a 10gig drive and I want to use at least a
30gig or larger drive to install it on. I got a whole box of smaller
harddrives so this one would just become another backup drive.

I'm assuming if I burn all the files from that i386 directory to a CD,
I first have to make the make the CD bootable. How do I do that?

It pissed me off when I bought the computer that they did not provide
a CD for the OS. The guy told me it's all on the harddrive. How
cheap can they be for the cost of a 50 cent blank CD. I just hope my
external Iomega USB burner will work with Win2K. It works fine with
Win98.

By the way, what's the deal with MS naming things "386". I know Win98
has several files with that name, and now 2K uses that name for that
folder. 386 computers have not been made since the early 1990s.
You'd thing they would have dropped that by now.

Thanks

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Dave Patrick - 05 Jan 2008 16:57 GMT

Yes, you should be able to run winnt.exe or winnt32.exe from the \i386
directory.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/deploy/dgcb_
ins_qcct.mspx?mfr=true

So install win98 then from the win9x command line run winnt32.exe from the
\i386 directory of your CD-Rom

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> Thanks for all your help. There's just one problem. I dont have an
> install CD. It came installed on the hard drive when I bought the
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DL - 24 Dec 2007 11:48 GMT

Just a comment;
NTFS is also more efficient, and doesnt have the fat file size limitations,
the only time I have been unable to read an ntfs drive was when the hd
totally failed, and then I simply reverted to the backups.

As I understand it you install 98 first, then win2k

>I want to put Win98 on one harddrive and Win2k on the other.
> How do I setup a dual boot?
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