Dual Booting

Discussion in 'Software' started by Triaxx2, Apr 15, 2007.

  1. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    I have had for the longest time, Win98. I recently bought a computer with WinXP, and moved the Hard Drive to the other computer, setting it as the slave drive.

    However I'm using both operating systems, since 98 doesn't support some of my games. Currently I have to reboot the computer, and change the boot order in the BIOS to switch operating systems. I'm almost certain there's a better method, but I'm not sure what it is. Can anyone help?
     
  2. Jim S

    Jim S Private E-2

    You would have to mess with the boot.ini file on one of the operating systems. I think you would have to add a line like this to your Windows XP OS:

    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 98" /fastdetect

    Go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289022 for more information.
     
  3. Triaxx2

    Triaxx2 MajorGeek

    Thanks, that was what I was looking for.
     

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