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[RichardGrayJr Profile]

Is it possible to dual boot 98 and Vista on a machine with Vista pre-installed that also lacks a floppy drive?
Fingers crossed...

[yeshuas]

How are you going to load Win 98?

You may want to check this link out from this forum.... I know it speaks of XP but it may still work.

http://www.pro-networks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84455

[JabbaPapa Profile]

It should be possible, though not many have played around with the possibility --- however, if you've no floppy you will have to make sure you get hold of a bootable 98SE installation CD from some "enthusiast" site or other

[kd1966 Profile YIM]

In many cases the 98 OS CD IS a bootable substitute (Same thing actually) to the 98 boot floppy

[yeshuas]

"NTFS is the recommended file system for Windows Vista.
However, you might need a different file system to multiple-boot Windows XP Professional with an operating system that cannot access NTFS volumes. If you use NTFS to format a partition, only Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 4) can access the volume.

If you plan to install Windows Vista and another operating system on the same computer, you must use a file system that all operating systems installed on the computer can access. For example, if the computer has Windows 95 and Windows XP Professional, you must use FAT on any partition that Windows 95 must access. However, if the computer has Windows NT 4.0 or Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista, you can use FAT or NTFS because both operating systems can access all those file systems."

During the install process, you can read (but not install to) FAT32 partitions. It requires NTFS to install, but can read/write to FAT32 (and even FAT16) once everything is set up.

[yeshuas]

This link may be helpful as well..........

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVi ... x?mfr=true

[kd1966 Profile YIM]

Also, with the newer HDD's (Read - LARGE hdd's over 137GB in size) there could be issues if you're considering putting 9x onto one of those newer large disks

[yeshuas]

Looking at some degree of difficulty that is for sure. If you have some programs or games that you still want to play, you can pick up an old computer for almost nothing that will run them.

[The Phoenix Profile]

It'll be tricky, especially on newer hardware with things like the BSOD's popping up in Win 98 a lot and you may also be very hard pressed to find 98 drivers for your hardware unless your PC is more than a few years old.