First, have you tried compatibility mode to run the programs? Right click
the shortcut (in some cases the actual execute file), properties,
compatibility tab.

Second, I use Virtual PC within WinXP so that I can easily call up W98 when
I need refreshing on directions I am giving. My personal experience with
VPC is that my old hardware (printer and scanner for which there are no XP
drivers) will not run in VPC. I had to create another primary partition and
load W98 to it.

Finally, the safest way to load two systems to the same hard drive is to get
a boot manager/partitioning program so that each system can have its own
partition to run from. I use:

BootIt Next Generation is available from: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
and it does partitioning, makes a compressed image, does many other
partitioning chores and is a boot manager. It is not quite as easy to use
as Partition Magic but it is half the cost and has more features. Unlike
the crippled PMagic demo, BING is a *full function* demo you can try for
FREE for 30 days. The web site has a lot of support articles.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Karen" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to load 2 operating
systems on to one computer? We still need 98 for certain
programs that have not been updated from other
organizations but all our new computers are upgraded to
XP.Our director suggested we could load both operating
systems to one computer.

Thanks!