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WinXP and Win98SE

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  1. 2003/08/12
    princessmandi8

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    WinXP and Win 98SE
    I presently own an old (5+ years) HP with Win98SE, with many useful downloaded and installed software.
    I plan to purchase an new machine, with WinXP should I select Home or Pro?). I am comfortable with 98, but have never used XP. Is it possible, and will it cause problems if I install my 98SE CD on a second hard drive. Can the machine be "told" which OS to boot up with? Or if boot up with XP, can I use 98 when I want it?
    I made a Norton Ghost Image of my C: and D: hard drives on my D: hard drive. (C: contains Win 98SE + some other s/w and D: contains all my downloaded programs).
    Can I transfer this "ghost" to my new hard drive? How?
    Will there be a problem with 98 FAT32 and XP’s file system? How to live with that??
     
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    First off, I much prefer XP-pro but it is more expensive. I'd still recommend it over XP-home.

    Next - you can easily run both 98 and XP and choose the one you want to boot every time you start the PC. Easiest by far if you buy a system is to get a normal XP install CD with it then wipe the drive, install 98 and then install XP. All the work is done for you and done properly. Doesn't work with systems where you are given a "recovery disk" that loads a specially set up system to match what the vendor wants though. Gateway, Dell, and some others do this.

    The major question would be why you want to keep 98. As far as I know, all the applications written for 98 will install and run fine on XP. Most can just be run by XP. With the others, you can make a desktop shortcut and within the shortcut, pick to option to have it run in 98 compatibility mode.

    If you do decide to have 98 & XP both loaded, the file system issue becomes important. The system partition (usually c:\) will have to be Fat32 for 98 to be able to start. And the partition containing 98 will have to be Fat32. XP can be either Fat32 or NTFS (unless it's loaded on C:\) if you only want XP to be able to use data from the 98 partition but if for some reason you need 98 to be able to "see" the XP partition, it will also have to be Fat32.

    In short, my suggestion unless you have some need you haven't mentioned is to get a PC with XP-Pro, set it as NTFS, install your 98 software on it and copy your 98 data to it.

    Another option that might serve would be to retain the 98 system and network it to the new XP system. Simple and cheap to do.
     
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  4. 2003/08/13
    princessmandi8

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    Newt,
    Thank U 4 a detailed response. I think I'll take your suggestion for XP Pro and network my 98 and new XP 'puters. I will wait for the availability of Cable Broadband, which is expected to be this Fall '03.
     
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    Until that wonderful day arrives (and I remember waiting for nearly a year for ours to become available) you might want to consider getting your XP-pro system, adding a network card to the 98 PC, and networking them that way.

    Plenty of how-to stuff in the networking section. Just do a search.

    Then when you finally get cable, you can get a router/switch for about $50 and a different cable to connect 98 to the switch and be pretty much in business.
     
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    Thanks again.
    Will probably do as U suggest....just have to decied on the computer and its components.
    I've been spoiled. Had DSL in AZ, and when I moved to NM, back to dial-up. All I get is promises as to when available. Each quarter of the year, it slips to next quarter.
    If interested or curious, I can define the computer I plan to get. It is "somewhat customized" in that at the local computer store, they have a computer set up where I can specify either HP, Compaq or Sony and then using "down arrows" to select what is avallable for Processor, Memory, etc. and it comes out with a price for the system.
     
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    Just make sure you get a full, real, normal, from Microsoft copy of XP with the system and one with the latest SP slipstreamed in.

    After that, 512Mb of memory, 64Mb video memory, and you should be good to go unless you have some high-end requirements for specialized apps or something.

    And I really feel your pain about losing broadband. I'd nearly forgotten but have to do the occasional dial-in connection to work with a laptop and for some reason they aren't allowing broadband for that. A Pilot program is underway. :eek:
     
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    princessmandi8 What you will be getting is a proprietary OEM machine. It's going to come with a restore disk, rather than a full version of Windows. Unless you need some remote access features, XP Home should suffice.

    Office 97 Pro will work just fine with XP. But if you use 97 Pro, you'll have to download csapi3t.dll It's a 64 kb copy and paste file to get the spell checker to work in Outook/Outlook Express when you install 97 Pro. But other than that, it works like a champ!

    I was able to use most of my Windows 98SE tweaks. Some required a little adjustment. But they worked or I found something else that would work as well.

    You can get your files transfered from your Windows 98 to your XP with not too much problem.
     
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