Installing
Windows XP with MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows
Millennium Edition
You must address file
system compatibility to ensure a multi-booting configuration
with these earlier operating systems and Windows XP.
Remember to install the latest operating system last,
otherwise important files may be overwritten.
Checklist
Summary
To configure a computer containing Windows XP and Windows
9x or MS-DOS, review the following guidelines:
On
computers that contain MS-DOS and Windows XP:
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MS-DOS
must be installed on a basic disk on a partition
formatted with FAT. If MS-DOS is not installed on
the system partition, which is almost always the
first partition on the disk, the system partition
must also be formatted with FAT.
-
Windows
XP must be installed last. Otherwise important files
needed for starting Windows XP could be overwritten.
On
computers that contain Windows 95 and Windows XP:
-
As
in the case above, Windows 95 must be installed
on a basic disk on a partition formatted with FAT.
(For Windows 95 OSR2, FAT32 may be used.) If Windows
95 is not installed on the system partition, which
is almost always the first partition on the disk,
the system partition must also be formatted with
FAT (or FAT32 for Windows 95 OSR2).
-
Compressed
DriveSpace or DoubleSpace volumes won’t be available
while you are running Windows XP. It is not necessary
to uncompress DriveSpace or DoubleSpace volumes
that you will access only with Windows 95.
-
Windows
XP must be installed last. Otherwise important files
needed for starting Windows XP could be overwritten.
On
computers that contain Windows 98 (or Windows Me) and
Windows XP:
-
As
in the cases above, Windows 98 or Windows Me must
be installed on a basic disk on a partition formatted
with FAT or FAT32. If Windows 98 or Windows Me is
not installed on the system partition, which is
almost always the first partition on the disk, the
system partition must also be formatted with FAT
or FAT32.
-
Compressed
DriveSpace or DoubleSpace volumes won’t be available
while you are running Windows XP. It is not necessary
to uncompress DriveSpace or DoubleSpace volumes
that you will access only with Windows 98.
-
Windows
XP must be installed last. Otherwise important files
needed for starting Windows XP could be overwritten.
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