Install Windows XP from MS-DOS
If XP will not install from the CD or if you have a new drive with no operating system on it yet try these:
Install Windows XP from the hard drive with Windows 98 already installed:
Boot Windows 98
Insert the XP CD into your CD reader
Explore Windows XP through My Computer
Copy i386 folder to C:\
Go into C:\i386 folder and double click on winnt32.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive
Install Windows XP from MS-DOS (ie. no OS on a new hard drive):
Boot with a Windows 98 Start Up disk
Insert the Windows 98 CD into the CD reader
Run smartdrv.exe from the Win98 directory on the windows 98 CD (file caching)
Type cd.. to back up to the root directory
Insert Windows XP CD into the CD reader
Copy the i386 folder to C:\
Go into C:\i386 folder on C: and type winnt.exe to launch the setup from the hard drive.
can you tell me if this works cause i tried everything and this is the closet thing ive found - trouble is
intel duo core2 2hz
2ghz ddr ram
250ghz sata harddrive
trynna install from windows 98 into xp upgrade
no luck bios is right ??
well, works on most pcs worked for me aswell, but seems not to work on asus EEE pc 4g machine. trying over and over, adn right at this moment im tying to install win xp and its doesnt work
Sir,may I know how to install both Linux and windows XP side by side in a new hard drive with the condition that 1st to install linux and then XP through c://