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To: Robert Graham who wrote (26867)	5/9/2002 8:53:08 AM
From: thecow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110630

Robert I have to select the drive Win98 is on from the CMOS setting for me to boot my original operating system. Any ideas on a solution to this problem? I've never tried dual booting but maybe this article will help. microsoft.com There are problems with hardware compatibility and XP. XP drivers are not available for many older devices and aren't going to be updated due to lack of demand. You can check your hardware by running Windows XP Upgrade Advisor which you can download here. ( microsoft.com ) For software you can get most programs usable by running in Windows Application Compatibility Mode. Here's an explanation: microsoft.com Regarding the NetBEUI installation: pchell.com More NetBEUI discussion: annoyances.org Unless you are using QoS aware programs the QoS tip is not correct. It doesn't effect most programs.

To: Robert Graham who wrote (26867)	5/9/2002 11:48:39 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110630

bob re, "I installed WinXP on its own new 40 G drive. I am trying to set up a dual-boot between this an my original Windows 98 SE setup that resides on a different drive." i'm going to just try to point you in what i think is the right direction on this. i do not have all the answers, and i may be wrong. to the best of my knowledge, you can have only one physical drive from which operating systems can boot, and it or they (if you multi-boot) must boot from this primary disk. i think that is your problem... the fact that your os's reside on two separate physical drives. you can create multiple partitions on one physical drive and multi-boot that way, but not the way you are attempting. that said, let's say you make the win98se drive your primary, or bootable drive. i think that you can then put a few of the winxp files on that primary drive and store the rest of the os on a separate logical partition, and still boot it. another thing to consider (and again, i am not by any means the last word on this stuff), is the order in which the operating systems are installed. the sequence has to be the older os's first. i have provided a ms link at the end of this post that addresses this more. there are ways around the physical drive limitations i have alluded to above. i believe that powerquest's BootMagic (that comes bundled with PartitionMagic) will help you accomplish what you are trying to do. from the powerquest support site: "BootMagic supports booting most operating systems from second, third, or fourth disks and beyond. Some operating systems, such as OS/2, Linux, and BeOS, are designed to boot from any disk. Others, such as Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and DOS do not commonly support booting from a non-primary disk." powerquest.com i currently dual boot win2000pro and win98se. both os's reside on separate partitions i created (using partitionmagic) on the same physical drive. i have a second physical drive installed, but i just store full system images on it, and do not boot from it. in case you have not read it, here is a helpful ms kb article titled How to Multiple Boot Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and MS-DOS (Q217210) support.microsoft.com hope some of this helps :) mark

To: Robert Graham who wrote (26867)	5/16/2002 12:08:10 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110630

Bob, I also understand that some have problems networking their WinXP system with their Win98 system. I understand that NetBEUI can be installed from the WInXP installation disk, and this solves the problem for many. But some still have problems getting this to work. Any ideas why this is the case? Following instructions from Microsoft which were identical to those in a link tc posted, I was able to use NetBeui without a hitch when using the pre release version of XP professional. After installing the final home version, following the same instructions yielded no network connectivity. I tried lots of things over a couple of days time. It came down to it just doesn't work, no matter what. So I gave up on Netbeui and have been purring along just great on TCP/IP, which is what MS wanted all along. So you can add my name to both groups. Those for whom netbeui worked great when installed from the cd, and those who can't get it to work no matter what! Esteban