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SATA HDD & Dualboot Win98/WinXP

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Nariman Original post #1
Apr 27, 2005 at 6:29 PM
Am using WinXP Pro on Intel D865GBF MB, 80 GB SATA HDD 7200, 2 x 256 Mb DDR SDRAM.
I intend to format my HDD and install both WIN98 & WinXP in dual boot.
I am told that with a SATA HDD dualboot is not possible.
Can someone enlighten me on this.
Regards
Nariman
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anubhav_har #2
Apr 27, 2005 at 8:31 PM
Sorry man SATA hard drives are not supported by Windows 98. No chance of dual booting using a SATA Drive. Out of Luck Buddy!!!!!! But hang on if you can manage another normal ATA drive and install windows 98 on that one then you can dual boot.
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pradeep_chauhan #3
Apr 27, 2005 at 8:46 PM
Please enlighten me why would someone want win 98 today? and that too with win XP on a p4 system.
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grinning_devil #4
Apr 27, 2005 at 9:44 PM
pradeep_chauhan said:
Please enlighten me why would someone want win 98 today? and that too with win XP on a p4 system.
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the person i think needs to experience the pleasure of driving a bullock cart with a ferrari engine in it ...!!!!
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navjotjsingh #5
Apr 27, 2005 at 10:33 PM
grinning_devil said:
pradeep_chauhan said:
Please enlighten me why would someone want win 98 today? and that too with win XP on a p4 system.
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the person i think needs to experience the pleasure of driving a bullock cart with a ferrari engine in it ...!!!!
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Well Said.
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kash #6
Apr 28, 2005 at 7:35 PM
Hi No man with sate u cannot dual boot with 98 becoz 98 wont support 98. u may user 1 pata & 1 sata hdd in pata install 98 & in sata install xp to dual boot use xosl software to boot between 2 osese but remember xosl should bein pata hdd ok
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club_pranay #7
Apr 29, 2005 at 5:30 AM
anubhav_har said:
Sorry man SATA hard drives are not supported by Windows 98. No chance of dual booting using a SATA Drive. Out of Luck Buddy!!!!!! But hang on if you can manage another normal ATA drive and install windows 98 on that one then you can dual boot.
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man r u sure?
have a look at this...my problem
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suhasingale #8
May 7, 2005 at 5:26 PM
Hey Nariman I faced the same problem but then i found the solution too. Just u hav to make a little change in ur BIOS to use dual Boot,
Reboot and go to BIOS, In bios goto Drive configuration, there u will find an option with selected Enhanced or Legacy i don't remember properly but If it is Enhanced change it to Legacy And Vice versa, There r only two option there so change it to the other one and reinstall both OS it will definitely Work...
PM me if u hav n e prbs further