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Quote: I can see 3 solutions : 2 seperate partitions without 3rd party boot-manager : 1. Convert the WinXP partition to NTFS (Will then be hidden for Win98 so drive letters will not be moving around whether using Win98 or WinXP) 2. Create another primary partition 3. Set the new primary partition as active boot partition 4. Boot the machine and install Windows 98 on the new primary partition 5. Change the active partiton to the WinXP partition. 6. Use this utility to add the Win98 to the WinXP bootmanager : http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm 2 seperate partitions with 3rd party boot-manager : 1. Create another primary partition 2. Set the new primary partition as active boot partition 3. Boot the machine and install Windows 98 on the new primary partition 4. Install the 3rd party bootmanager on the new primary partition 5. Add the WinXP partition to the boot-manager 1 partition : 1. Make sure that WinXP partition is not using NTFS 2. Install Windows 98 (Try to avoid using the same Windows-directory as WinXP) 3. Now when booting it will always boot into Windows 98 4. To fix this boot from the WinXP CD and go to recovery console 5. And execute the command "fixboot" it will activate the WinXP again (And it should put Win98 in the BOOT.INI file) Okay, I'm pretty new to this whole thing so a lot of things need explaining (or directing me to a site that explains dual booting in detail would do fine) 1. What is NTFS? How do I change to/from NTFS? 2. If I have two hard drives, where one is 98 and one is XP, will that work? Will there be any changes in your procedure? 3. Will I be able to access the drive with 98 on it while I'm running XP? Is the only way to get files from the other partition to put them on disk and reboot? 4. How do I "set the new primary partition as active boot partition"? 5. How do I "change the active partiton to the WinXP partition"? As an unrelated question: Does anyone know if Office 97 will run on Win XP? Thanks!