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How to install Windows®
98/Me - after Windows XP installed. |
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How do I install Windows®
98/Me after I've installed XP? (without 3rd party software) |
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Necessary Criteria |
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1.
This procedure assumes that Windows XP is installed on drive
C: No support is offered for other drive letters.
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2.
Drive C: must be
FAT16 or FAT32 to be able to install
Windows 98/Me after XP is already installed. The 98/Me
installation routine cannot write to an NTFS partition.
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3.
If your C: drive is not FAT or FAT32, you CANNOT complete
this procedure. You will need a 3rd party boot manager. I recommend
to use BootIt Next Generation,
www.bootitng.com or Partition Magic or Paragon Partition
Manager.
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4.
You must have a
second hard disk or partition formatted for
FAT16/32 in order to be able to install
Windows 98/Me. Installing 98/Me to the same partition as Windows XP
is
NOT RECOMMENDED!
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5.
I recommend the use of a Windows 98/Me Startup disk for this
procedure. If you don't have one, you can download the
necessary files from
www.bootdisk.com You should ensure that DEBUG.EXE
is on your Startup disk. If it isn't, it can be copied from
the Windows\Command folder. On a 98/Me Startup disk, created
from Add/Remove Programs, its in the EBD.CAB file on the Startup
disk. For a 98 Startup disk created from FAT32EBD.EXE its on
the floppy
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Installing Windows®
98
1. Use a Win98/Me
Startup disk (with CD support) to boot your computer.
2. Insert your Win98/Me CD into the CD Rom drive.
3. At the A: prompt type X:\Win98\Setup.exe (for Win98) or X:\Win9x\Setup.exe
(for Win Me) where X: is your CD-ROM drive.
4. Proceed with the install. When prompted for the install location,
you'll see C:\Windows.000. Choose Other directory and change this to
the drive you wish to install 98/Me to and name the folder Windows
(or something else if you prefer).
5. Complete the Win98/Me install. Allow the computer to boot
into Win98/Me.
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Repairing the Windows®
XP Boot Loader
1. Create a Win98/Me Startup Disk
2. Create a Notepad file with the following entries,
exactly as shown:
L 100 2 0 1
N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS
R BX
0
R CX
200
W
Q
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3. Save the file to the Win98/Me
Startup Disk as READ.SCR
4. Boot the computer with the Win98/Me Startup Disk and at the A:
prompt type
DEBUG <READ.SCR
Steps 1 - 4 create the BOOTSECT.DOS file needed to boot Win98/Me.
For your convenience, you can download READ.SCR
here. I suggest you use right click and Save As.
You may need to use the ATTRIB C:\BOOTSECT.DOS -S -H -R command
if BOOTSECT.DOS already exists and you get an error when trying to
recreate it.
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5. Configure your
computer to boot from the CD drive. This is done in the BIOS,
or your computer may offer the option at startup if it detects a
bootable CD. Consult your computer's manual for more
information. If your computer does not support booting from
CD-Rom, you should also be able to boot with a 98/Me Startup disk,
and run WINNT.EXE from the I386 folder of your XP CD.
6. Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
7. You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with
a choice of installing or
repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
8. You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter
1. There is usually only
one installation.
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9. You'll be prompted
for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is
blank, so just hit Enter. For Pro, enter the same password you did
during setup for the Administrator account (this is not the same as
the password for an Admin level account. It must be the
Administrator account password).
10. At the C:\Windows prompt, type FIXBOOT. You'll be prompted to
confirm. Do so.
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11. When FIXBOOT is
finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will
reboot.
Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive if necessary.
You will now get the XP Boot loader with your choice of operating
systems. |
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