I am getting ready to do exactly the same thing except I am going to use Win 98 SE and Win 2K pro. My understanding is that you need to install Win 98 first (in your case before Win XP). Once you have Win 98 installed Partition Magic will allow you to create the partitions you need from within Win 98. You don't need to fool around trying to partition the drive before installation using DOS, you can do it using the Window interface of Partition Magic. I will be following this thread for tips.
>This may be a very stupid question but I just have to ask....... I am going to be building a new system and was sitting thinking about all the things I'll need to do when all of the sudden it dawned on me I have never partitioned a drive. I have always just run the drive like it is (one big drive) this time I would like to break it into a few as my new drive will be a 60 gig drive. my intention is to run two different OS's winXP and 98 from two different drives. ok here is the deal I have a copy of Partition Magic ver 7. but I am wondering now, do I have to Partition the drive before I load the OS and if so am I to assume that Partition Magic runs in DOS mode.....?? also how does this affect the setup when it recognizes the drive at startup.....does it still recognize it as c: drive........?
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