I have a question...Can I partition a hard drive?????

United States
February 14, 2007 8:27pm CST
My computers have XP installed on them. My question is, can I partition my hard drive and put another operating system on it? I have tons of software that will not run on XP. I need to put Windows 98 on it actually. If you know of an emulator that I could install, so I would not have to partition the hard drive, it would be better. Thanks for your help on this.
6 responses
istanto
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
15 Feb 07
You can do that, but since it's to hard for newbies I suggest you to try virtual pc to run another OS in your pc http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/evaluation/overview2004.mspx
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sylvrrain
@sylvrrain (659)
• United States
15 Feb 07
Actually, I am not really a newbie. Just outdated. LOL. I was very heavy into computers when I was younger. My first computer was from the early 80's, A Commodore 64. Stayed with it all through the 90's, repaired and networked. Sorta moved on with my life and just played around with computers, and with newer technology, I am a little lost to some things. Tell me about this virtual PC. Is it a program that I can download, to do the partitioning for me?
firasat007
@firasat007 (246)
• India
18 Feb 07
yeah dude u can partition ur hdd as many partition u want and can keep ur another operating system in other partition
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
17 Mar 07
A seperate partition would work fine if you were installing Linux, but you cannot do this with Windows 98. The second partition would become D: drive, so you could not really run Windows on it. The only way to operate a dual boot with Windows XP and Windows 98 is to load Windows 98 first and then insert the Windows XP disk and select the option to install as a dual boot system. You cannot do this in reverse because Windows XP will disable the install feature of Windows 98.
raisushkr
@raisushkr (1398)
• India
28 Feb 07
ya u can partition ur hard drive.if u need help contact me .
sylvrrain
@sylvrrain (659)
• United States
28 Feb 07
Thank you for the offer. If I need help I will let you know. I haven't tried anything yet. I have been really busy trying to start a tax service in my area. It may be after tax season before I do anything. Thanks again.
chhaganbhujbad
@chhaganbhujbad (263)
• United States
15 Feb 07
yes ... I guess its called Defragmantation....
sunny1984
@sunny1984 (639)
• India
22 Feb 07
You can partition your drive and u can install win 98 as well but if windows xp is already installed you wont be able to install win98 first you have to install win 98 then win xp
sylvrrain
@sylvrrain (659)
• United States
25 Feb 07
thanks for the advice. I would hate to screw up my computer just to play some old games. Do you know anything about emulators? I know that you can play video games (sega, playstation, nintendo) if you have an emulator installed, but can you play some of the older computer games too? I think my best bet would be to clean all the mess off of my old computer and set it back up, it just seems like it would be easier.