Question: Dual boot win98 winxp help? I would like to Dual boot win98 and winxp 2 hard drives>>> \n  \nMater IDE cable: \nmaster- win98 hard drive \nslave - cd \n>>> \nSecondary IDE cable \nmaster - winxp hard drive \nslave - cd \n>>> \nboot.ini in win98 looks like this: \n[boot loader] \ntimeout=30 \ndefault=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)&#92;WINDOWS \n[operating systems] \nmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)&#92;WINDOWS="Windows 98 SE" \nmulti(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)&#92;WINDOWS="Windows XP Home" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn \nC:&#92;Windows="Windows 98 SE" \n>>> \nI cannot acces the winxp drive from the win98 drive. Bios reconginzes it, but does not show up in 'my computer'. When try to \ndual boot I get a hal.dll error. I've tried everything. Any suggestions?

Answer: You won't be able to access the winxp drive because it was formatted with NTFS.  Windows 98 can only "see" partitions formatted in FAT32.\n\nIt will work the other way around, because WinXP recognises and supports FAT32.\n\nYou might try replacing/restoring your HAL.dll file.   Windows XP is always the last operating system you install in a dual boot scenario.
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