Actually I tried that on my previous computer which was win xp home 32 bit
and most of them would not run correctly. my experience is that compatibility
mode does not work that great. I have another hdd which I can install the win
98 on and an old computer which i can do it with so that there aren't any
install problems but can i then put that hdd into the same case in which i
have the hdd for xp pro and have it work correctly? ie, will i be given a
choice as to which hdd i will boot to? or will the computer just
automatically try to boot to xp pro every time? what it comes down to is i do
not want to have to create another spot in my house for the extra computer
and if i could have them both in one case using the same parts and monitor
would be greatly preferable. not to mention more cost effective.
"Asger Joergensen" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi theclyburns
>
> theclyburns wrote:
>
> > I have a 500 gig hdd with win xp pro installed. built it myself. i would like
> > to have a win 98 so i can play my old games that are not compatible with xp.
> > can i partition this hdd and create a 100 gig partition and install win 98 on
> > that partition? and if so, how would i go about accessing it? would the
> > computer, everytime it starts, ask me which partition i want to boot too? any
> > help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Have You tryed using setting Your game to be run under win 98
> XP have such an option.
> If You right-click on the program shortcut and choose
> Properties -> Compatibility in there You can chose from
> win95-win2000
>
> I'm not playing games so I have only tryed it on som working
> software, but there it works.
>
> Kind regards
> Asger
>
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