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adding a windows98 partition
vijaya chandra vi...@gdit.iiit.net microsoft public windowsxp basics i'm sure you can use the default xp boot menu you just need to add the entries for the to use in boot.ini vijay -----Original Message----- Can anyone suggest a good free boot manager that I could use to tri boot Windows ME, Windows XP and

Dual boot ME and XP with 4 hard drives (questions)
The installation of XP will "temporarily" make itself the STARTABLE partition. But that's ok. You can always come in after your XP install is complete and use OS/2 FDISK (from OS/2 utility diskettes) to re-make Boot Manager the STARTABLE partition, adding XP to the Boot Manager menu. When you add XP to Boot Manager

It's working BUT not 100% expectation
That isn't all that difficult to do ...now that you have unglued the drive connectors ;-) The easiest way is to use a third party boot manager. If you want to do without a third party boot manager it is still fairly easy to add Windows 98 to the XP boot loader. I assume that Windows XP is installed on an NTFS

Multi-Boot - XP on Master / 98SE on Slave?
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. a.. If your C: drive is not FAT or FAT32, you CANNOT complete this procedure. You will need a 3rd party boot manager. BootIt Next Generation is a good

20个xp技巧(ZT)
Gary S. Terhune grystn...@mvps.org microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Windows XP Boot Manager will manage all three, and automatically set itself up if and XP and also install 98 in a third partition to use for trying out programs. Know how to dual boot install, but unsure how to add the second copy of 98.

XP gurus: how to move an XP partition
I first tried installing the Linux Grub boot manager to the MBR, but something went wrong, I don't know what, even though others have reported success with this method. Click Edit to edit boot.ini. Add to the end: C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" Save Reboot, and select Linux when the boot selection menu is displayed.

Can't swap HDD's!!!!!
Nicholas Lessard nicholas_less...@globetrotter.net microsoft public windowsnt misc Boot magic is a boot manager made by Powerquest; a complementary tool to the Partition Magic software suite. I simply want that when I specify Windows XP in Boot Magic, I boot on windows XP and when I select Windows 2000 in boot

boot manager with two bootable hard drives
Then install 2k, and finally xp. If you find you need a boot loader, try xosl - it's free. For tricky partitioning jobs, try Ranish partition manager - another free tool discs. in the interest of practical learning [and because i dont have four computers =]] ...i would like to add these to my OS boot options.

Advice for first ever Linux (Mandrake 9) installation needed
You basically have two choices -- the internal boot loader that comes with XP, or a third-party boot manager. The XP boot loader can handle either 98 *or* 95, but not both. It's really too primitive for what you want to do anyway, and will cramp future expansion if you plan to add linux later.

Linux and the Windows 2000 boot manager?
If you can manage to get Me installed on the second partition, you can then run repair from the XP CD and this will add Me to he XP boot manager. But it's a tricky configuration and not recommended. -- Michael Stevens MS-MVP Windows XP Mstev...@mvps.org "Ken" <kjkREMOVEC...@voicenet.com> wrote in message

ntfs/mbr
Zone Alarm If one of the aforementioned products is listed in Add/Remove Programs, most likely this is the root of the problem. have to start your PC from recovery console, then extract and copy the files required for Stand HAL files and modify the boot.ini to let Windows 2000/XP boot from Standard HAL again.

Pre-installed XP home-Adding dualboot Win98
You may also need to clip any printer related entry from device manager and the printer/faxes control panel applet. you cant just boot right up into windows. for winxp you can use the xp boot cd, go like you're gonna install it and run the repair utility that basically re-installs it. or at least it looks like

Dual Boot: Need Help!! (Take Two)... Please read
I am also assuming that at a later time I can Ghost my XP onto the C drive as a duplicate using the XP Boot Manager. You add the D: Then you will get another option to format or create a partition. I installed mine to drive E: of a partition drive where were other win 98 program files.

Info on XP boot files
My point is that getting rid of the XP installation and restoring it after the 98 setup is complete will gain you nothing towards setting up your boot menu. However, if you are using a more professional boot manager, then all you need to do is to create a partition for 98 and install it, and then add that to the

Dual Boot XP and XP?
If W98(orWinME)/W2K(orNTorWinXP) dual boot system is created then I can add any number of OS's as long as they are NT or its derivatives(W2K and WinXP) by If you want a quadruple boot system which includes W2K and XP why would you want to use W2K boot manager? As XP needs to be installed last the XP boot

Partition Magic 6.0 help
And also is GRUB capable of booting any Windows partition or will it always hand over to the XP boot loader? As far as I understand it GRUB is capable of booting "any" windows If you are lucky, the installation of GRUB will show you both Windows partitions and allow you to add them into both into its menu.

Ghosting Partitions
On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 04:32:21 GMT, Stuart Miller wrote: I used the configure gui to add the xp boot. Adding it was easy enough, but when I went to restart it exited to a text login promp. ??? You can clickup a terminal su -l root and do a lilo -v to see if lilo installs correctly or complains about any of your

Dual Windows Operating System
LILO in the MBR on the XP-Disc (hda) 2. LILO on Floppy 3. Writing LILO in the /boot partition and copying the linux bootsector (with dd) to the Windows partition and using the XP Boot Manager (by adding C:\bootsect.lin="LINUX") into the boot.ini But no way works, every time I only get the whole screen running full

Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager problem/Try This.
Howard Brazee how...@brazee.net microsoft public windowsxp hardware On 18-Nov-2003, "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOS...@maysys.com> wrote: Since XP was the last OS you installed, it clears out the dual-boot mode. You will need to add a Windows 98 boot option to XP boot manager, I do not know how to do this.

Dual boot XP & Mandrake 8.2
I haven't looked over Doug's routine for adding Win98 after XP but his advice is usually right on and I know that he tests things on his own systems before recommending them. Once complete, install boot magic, the Partition Magic boot manager and use it for controlling your dual boot setup.