98se/xp dual boot

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I curently have 98se on this computer. I bought a copy of XP because I was suposed to have built another computer by now but it has been pushed back to early next year .
So, I want to get to know XP better so that when I finaly do get my computer built I will know how everything in XP works.
I have 2 hard drives. The first is a 20gig seperated into 2 10 gig partitions. One for 98se and the other for programs.
The second is a 40 gig that only shows up as 32, can't figure out why. It holds all my data files like word files, movies, music, etc.
How big of a partition does XP need, will 5-8gigs do? And how do I go about making a dual boot between 98se and xp?

[andyms18a]

for testing 5 or 10 gig is fine. for the seting up of a dual boot boot the computer from the xp cd (you will have to make the cd drive first boot device in the bios ) then run set up chose the drive you want to instal xp to any one except the c drive and windows wil instal when its finished every time you turn the computer on you wil get a boot menue asking you to pick a operating system to start then chose eather 98 or xp

[Blue_Gundam2002]

And later on when I need to get rid of it is there anything special I need to do, or do I just format the partition its on?

[andyms18a]

thats the tricky part as it will instal some files on your c drive you wil nead to find and remove the boot loader then format the drive with xp on and for safetey reinstal win98 over the top of its self

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by andyms18a thats the tricky part as it will instal some files on your c drive you wil nead to find and remove the boot loader then format the drive with xp on and for safetey reinstal win98 over the top of its self

OK, sounds easy. If there's anything I'm good at its reinstalling 98.

[andyms18a]

Originally posted by Blue_Gundam2002 OK, sounds easy. If there's anything I'm good at its reinstalling 98.

when you install xp and its bean running for a year or moor you forget how to reinstall it i think most of the people on this forum wood agree xp is the best Microsoft operating system so far

[bailey]

Originally posted by andyms18a when you install xp and its bean running for a year or moor you forget how to reinstall it i think most of the people on this forum wood agree xp is the best Microsoft operating system so far

no question about it

[crjdriver]

If you are going to get rid of xp later on, I would use fat32 rather than ntfs. When you want to remove the boot menu, just boot with the win98 bootdisk and type sys c:. That will remove the boot menu quickly.