Can I install Win98se on new system?

[shahram]

Hello
Can anybody help me? Last night I tried to install windows 98se on my new computer but I had this message during installation (systems is trying to up grade some files ….) and computer crashed and installation hadn’t continued, I formatted hard disk by windows boot up disk and tried again but result was the same, could be this problem because of new hardware? I installed Windows XP on this computer without any problem, my system is:
CPU: Pentium 4- 3Gh- Bus 533, 1 MB cache
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5GD2-Intel 915P Chipset- HD Audio
HARD DISK: Maxtor 160 GB SATA, 7200PRM
RAM: DDR2 -512 Kingston
PCI EXPRESS: Sony 6800 NVIDIA

Can we say windows 98se isn’t compatible with new hardware? Is there any way to install windows98se on this system? (I need win98se because I had a video capture card that just works with win98)
Please help me if you know the answer?

Regards
Shahram

[gstone4911]

Hi shehram

I did find this.
"Important note: Make sure that your motherboard comes with a software CD that includes drivers for Windows 98 SE. Motherboards based on the Intel 915P, 915G, or 925X (or other 9##x numbers) may not include drivers for Windows 98 SE."

This came from this page:
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/computer.html

Paragraph 5 under "Basic computer hardware:"

[Murf]

You have XP on it, are you trying to install Win 98SE on the same hard drive?? Same partition???

[shahram]

Hi
Thanks for your reply, I don’t think my mother board has win98 driver. Dear Murf, of course I don’t install windows 98 and XP in one partition, I create 3 partitions on my hard disk, Partition C with 8 GB for win98 and D with 10GB for win XP and rest for my data.

[TheCheekMaster]

scarcasm wont get you no-where especially when you're asking for advice!

[Murf]

You always install the older operating system first. Even though you are using seperate partitions, otherwise you run into the problems you are having. there are a certain number of files for each OS that are copied to the root dir on C:

You can do what you are trying to do but it's some work.


To install Windows 98 after already have XP:


Drive C: must be FAT16 or FAT32 to be able to install Windows 98 after XP is already installed. The 98/Me installation routine cannot write to an NTFS partition.
You must have a second hard disk or partition formatted for FAT16/32 in order to be able to install Windows 98/Me. Which you do.

Use a Win98 Startup disk (with CD support) to boot your computer.
Insert your Win98 CD into the CD Rom drive.
At the A: prompt type X:\Win98\Setup.exe where X: is your CD-ROM drive.
Proceed with the install. When prompted for the install location, you'll see C:\Windows.000. Choose Other directory and change this to the drive you wish to install 98 to and name the folder Windows (or something else if you prefer).
Complete the Win98 install. Allow the computer to boot into Win98.Repairing the Windows XP Boot Loader

Create a Win98 Startup Disk
Create a Notepad file with the following entries, exactly as shown:L 100 2 0 1
N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS
R BX
0
R CX
200
W
Q

3. Save the file to the Win98 Startup Disk as READ.SCR
4. Boot the computer with the Win98 Startup Disk and at the A: prompt type

DEBUG <READ.SCR

Steps 1 - 4 create the BOOTSECT.DOS file needed to boot Win98. You may need to use the ATTRIB C:\BOOTSECT.DOS -S -H -R command if BOOTSECT.DOS already exists and you get an error when trying to recreate it.

Configure your computer to boot from the CD drive. This is done in the BIOS, or your computer may offer the option at startup if it detects a bootable CD. If your computer does not support booting from CD-Rom, you should also be able to boot with a 98 Startup disk, and run WINNT.EXE from the I386 folder of your XP CD.
Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter 1. There is usually only one installation.
You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter. For Pro, enter the same password you did during setup for the Administrator account (this is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password).
At the C:\Windows prompt, type FIXBOOT. You'll be prompted to confirm. Do so.
When FIXBOOT is finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.
Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive if necessary.You will now get the XP Boot loader with your choice of operating system.

[renegade600]

personally I would not even try installing win98 on a new system. To many incompatibilities these days since most new hardware will only work with newer operating systems.

[iwishiknew]

i once put on my new pc for jus for spite lol, xp was giving me grief so... it actually worked but had to go back to xp ,was a bit limited on 98se