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2 operating systems
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! |
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Indeed it is, and possibly the best way to do that is to use Microsoft =
Virtual PC. This permits you to switch from one to the other "on the = fly", rather than using partitioning and multi-boot schemes (though = those methods definitely have their own advantages.) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx --=20 Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x =20 "Karen" wrote in message = ... Can anyone tell me if it is possible to load 2 operating=20 systems on to one computer? We still need 98 for certain=20 programs that have not been updated from other=20 organizations but all our new computers are upgraded to=20 XP.Our director suggested we could load both operating=20 systems to one computer. =20 Thanks! |
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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. -- 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! |
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Now that is interesting. How come this has never been mentioned before?
So what's the catch (on the surface, this sounds too good to be true, but I haven't researched it). Although if I read this right, it will not allow an existing Win98SE system to add XP - it sounded like it was designed for the other way around - you start with a newer system, and add the older legacy system under Virtual PC. Plus I expect there will be some limitations to running these things under the virtual PC shell. Gary S. Terhune wrote: Indeed it is, and possibly the best way to do that is to use Microsoft Virtual PC. This permits you to switch from one to the other "on the fly", rather than using partitioning and multi-boot schemes (though those methods definitely have their own advantages.) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "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! |
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It's a rather new product, Bill. I don't honestly know much about its =
limitations. It seems vaguely to make sense to me that a VPC containing = XP or even 2K might not be very stable or even work at all on top of 9x, = but my synapses can't coalesce on the exact reasons. Interestingly, many people are using it to test Longhorn on top of XP = systems. Truth be told, Ron gave the better all around answer to the OP's = question. But if Compatibility can't be solved, and it's only for that = purpose (or as many of us use it, for test-beds), then VPC is an obvious = choice due to not requiring reboot. Makes it easy to switch from one to = the other on the fly. --=20 Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x =20 "Bill in Co." wrote in message = ... Now that is interesting. How come this has never been mentioned = before? So what's the catch (on the surface, this sounds too good to be true, = but I haven't researched it). Although if I read this right, it will not = allow an existing Win98SE system to add XP - it sounded like it was designed = for the other way around - you start with a newer system, and add the older = legacy system under Virtual PC. Plus I expect there will be some = limitations to running these things under the virtual PC shell. =20 Gary S. Terhune wrote: Indeed it is, and possibly the best way to do that is to use = Microsoft Virtual PC. This permits you to switch from one to the other "on the = fly", rather than using partitioning and multi-boot schemes (though those methods definitely have their own advantages.) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP for Win9x "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! =20 |
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probably the easiest and least expensive way is to buy and
install a cheap second hard drive, load the OS you want and edit the boot.ini file to let you choose which drive to boot from each time you start. -----Original Message----- 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. -- 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! . |
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