vista dual boot with win 98

[teriaki 511]

this probubly the COMPLETELY wrong thread to ask this in but i will anyway...

is it possible to dual boot windows vista and windows 98 withut having to reinstall vista?
don't ask about my reasoning for this, i just want answers/ how-to (sorta)

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yes install 98 first then vista itll give you the option for both os'es

[mahfood1990]

this probubly the COMPLETELY wrong thread to ask this in but i will anyway...

is it possible to dual boot windows vista and windows 98 withut having to reinstall vista?
don't ask about my reasoning for this, i just want answers/ how-to (sorta)
i guess win98 must be the first one to install so u should reinstall vista
or try emulating win98 through virtual PC

[ZiNgABuRgA]

It's generally better to install the older OS first, but you can always repair the Vista bootloader later on if necessary.

Do be aware that some motherboards no longer support the Windows 9x platform (eg nVidia's nForce4).

[Ero]

why would you want 98 anyway? most comps that can run 98 won't run vista.

[ZiNgABuRgA]

My 200MHz computer with 98lite boots faster than any other computer I've seen with XP or Vista.
Apart from that, I guess 98 for the fun of it?

[Joe88]

My 200MHz computer with 98lite boots faster than any other computer I've seen with XP or Vista.
Apart from that, I guess 98 for the fun of it?
my 25mhz machine boot's into dos and 3.1 pretty fast xD

[ZiNgABuRgA]

My 200MHz computer with 98lite boots faster than any other computer I've seen with XP or Vista.
Apart from that, I guess 98 for the fun of it?
my 25mhz machine boot's into dos and 3.1 pretty fast xD
Windows runs on DOS... so meh.

3.1, I doubt it - I remember the days of waiting for 66MHz 486's to boot into Windows 3.11...

[Joe88]

the orginal windows and dos where separated
I had to exit windows and boot dos to play certain games :(

[teriaki 511]

yeah, i figured that id need to reinstall vista, but thats exacly what im trying to avoid, i am a cheap b@$t@rd, so i cant afoord a vista install disk...
is there a "plan B" for this that doesn't involve reinstalling vista

[ZiNgABuRgA]

the orginal windows and dos where separated
I had to exit windows and boot dos to play certain games :(
No, Windows always runs off DOS.

Note that Windows NT and onwards no longer natively supported DOS - it's achieved through a kinda emulation.

yeah, i figured that id need to reinstall vista, but thats exacly what im trying to avoid, i am a cheap b@$t@rd, so i cant afoord a vista install disk...
is there a "plan B" for this that doesn't involve reinstalling vista
I believe the Vista install disc has some recovery. Since you don't have the disc, there's some program in the WINDOWS folder (for Vista) which allows you to kinda resetup the boot loader (I believe Windows doesn't allow direct access to MBR, so it may just be for configuring). Dunno if it works under Windows 9x though.

Unless you can find some other bootloader, you're stuck...