Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

Al

"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

single hard drive?
how do you plan on switching b/w operating systems?

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francis

Create the partitions then use a third party boot manger like BootIt NG ( do
a google search). Hide the partition(s) you don't want to install to and
make the partition you are installing on Active.
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

Al

If you don't use a boot loader, how will you choose which operating system
you wish to use! Do you know something we don't?

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

Al

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"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

single hard drive?
how do you plan on switching b/w operating systems?

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francis

I have 3 hard drives. The ability to switch between OS's without the
boot loader from XP is one of my problems. I have a peculiar way of
backing up... I use Norton Ghost. On most, if not all of my ghost
images, the boot loader files are there and I don't want them. I haven't
figured out which files I can safely delete without getting the message
that my computer cannot find the file "ntldr".
Do you know of a way to get rid of these boot loader files after
uninstalling XP and NOT get that message. Hope this helps.

Al

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says...
If you don't use a boot loader, how will you choose which operating system
you wish to use! Do you know something we don't?

Hardly. I have a 3rd party boot loader called ChooseOS. I'm not sure if
it will work if I want to install a second version of Win98se AND XP on
different hard drives or partitions. I have 3 hard drives. Two are one
partition, and one is two partitions. Thanks.

Al

"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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Dual Booting - Possibly Tri-Booting?

I'm trying to "Dual Boot" using an older version of Win98 and a "newer"
version. I also have XP that I wish to install, along with the two
versions of 98, but I might not.
What is the best way to install each of these OS's and not have to have
a boot loader at startup? I know that when I install XP, it will
automatically install the boot loader, but I'd like to bypass that also.
Any help will be most appreciated.

As harry suggested, BootIt NG works a treat, but it cost $35 dollars, and is 30 day fre trial. Personally, the utility as a whole is great, and worth the purchase for me.

If you want a free one XOSL works good too, and it has some nice features. You can get it he
http://www.onlythebestfreeware.com/p...?program_id=76

If you don't mind spending the time, you can use a 98/ME bootdisk to accomplish this, but it is a hassle to keep using the disk as a bootloader, as it takes time.

Jeez AC, you have posted this message to five newsgroups and to at least two
other newsgroups via separate posts. By doing this, you create a lot of
work for us regulars who monitor many newsgroups. Please pick one
appropriate newsgroup (in this case, W98 setup would do) and then sit back
and wait for an answer. As noted in my response in gen_discussion: BootIt
NG will do exactly what you want--either all systems on one hard drive or a
system on each hard drive.

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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

"AlleyCat" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
If you don't use a boot loader, how will you choose which operating
system
you wish to use! Do you know something we don't?

Hardly. I have a 3rd party boot loader called ChooseOS. I'm not sure if
it will work if I want to install a second version of Win98se AND XP on
different hard drives or partitions. I have 3 hard drives. Two are one
partition, and one is two partitions. Thanks.

Al

"Ron Badour" wrote in message
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Jeez AC, you have posted this message to five newsgroups and to at least
two
other newsgroups via separate posts. By doing this, you create a lot of
work for us regulars who monitor many newsgroups. Please pick one
appropriate newsgroup (in this case, W98 setup would do) and then sit back
and wait for an answer.
[...]
or cross-post to no more than 5 groups, as per netiquette. cross-posting,
in contrast to mult-posting, is generally acceptable because a cross-posted
article to multiple groups will be flagged as *read* in all of those groups
after being read in any one of them. sometimes it is necessary to
cross-post to relevant groups, unfortunately, some people don't seem to know
how to properly configure their newsreader clients to flag cross-posted
articles (as being read), and you're always gonna get persnickety nitpickers
who'll give you a hard time for cross-posting, simply because it annoys
them. having said that, obviously the originator of the article should
exercise restraint and prudence, only cross-post to *relevant* groups. imo,
it is perfectly acceptable to cross-post an article, as long as it's
relevant to the groups it's being posted to, but *never* multi-post an
article, that will raise the ire of most readers and probably only serve to
get your article flamed or ignored.
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francis