Can I install Windows 98 on an XP machine either on a partition or preferably a USB harddrive? A old friend has some old games he loves and wants the portability of his laptop but still able to play the old games, most of which I suppose are DOS.
unitedwaykat 1 Newbie Poster
Bob_180_Bob 41 Posting Virtuoso
Hi,
Yes you can make a separate partition and install that or on that or on a usb devise.
Do you know that you can run most if not all of those games in XP?
Go to this site and read about it there:-
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx
unitedwaykat 1 Newbie Poster
Thanks Bob, I am working with an older gentleman who is 2000 miles from me.
Seten -1 Junior Poster
Thanks Bob, I am working with an older gentleman who is 2000 miles from me.
I would suggest dosbox. That is quite easier and should work quite always. Also there is a huge fan base for it.
durrenmatt 0 Newbie Poster
I have windows XP as my primary OS and an older version of windows on a different partition (i keep it for some programes that don't work on XP) and everything is running smoothly
CelestialDog 0 Light Poster
You could also use something like VirtualBox which will allow you to run Win 98 while you're using Win XP.
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