Installing Win98 as 2nd OS on my new system?

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I have Winxp SP2 installed on a Athlon64 3000+, Asus A8N-VM, 1GB RAM and 300 GB SATA WD HDD system. All my partitions except one is in the NTFS file system. One is in the FAT32 file system. I wish to install win98 on this partition. Is it possible? I need to do some urgent work which can only be done on win98. I will probably remove it after the work has been done.

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The proper sequence is to install Windows 98 first and then install Windows XP.

However if you want to install windows 98 after XP, here are a few guides..
Install Windows 98 after Windows XP

Installing Win9x when Windows XP is already installed - Bootstrike.Com

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The only reason people will be installing Win 98 is for backward compatibility with few software. In that case, installing and running a Virtual PC Emulator is a way better option. It is even more stable than installing it on a PC. Besides, latest hardware wont have driver support of win 98, (Eg, SLI Systems).

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i think that mobo doesnt support win 98, must b mentioned in da user manual of the mobo. there might b driver problems.

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Better option will be VMware server.. Download that and install Win98 on it…

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Yup, my mobo doesn’t support win98. I am currently downloading VMware server. Will there there be any problems installing win98 on a SATA hdd?

I have never used it before and I hope that installation will be a breeze.

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One more thing, what do u mean by host and guest OS?

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When i tried to install 98 on my system, it refused to install. Kept crashing just before it reached the installation screen.

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host is the pc on which you are using vmware and guest os is win 98.

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yeah,andy..installing Win 98 on SATA HDD might be a real PROBLEM!!!

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  1. Will I be able to install VMware on Winxp Pro SP2?

  2. Will I be able to install win98 thro VMware even though my hdd is sata?

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Certainly you can

See Virtual Machine as name suggests , its completly virtual , it does not interact directly with your external hardware. It will be using a file as harddisk and store all data inside it. You OS (Windows XP) will take care of all file read/writes.

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How does one transfer files between the host and client OS in VMware server?

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Dont know abt xp and 98 but i use my pen drive for transferring files between xp and suse in vmware.