As additional information, if you create a desktop icon to start the 
game, right click on the icon and under "properties/compatibility", you 
can designate Win98 as the compatible OS.

Tom

David Nager wrote:
> Any game that works on Win 98 should also work on Win XP but to answer your
> question conceptually, No because you are not running the Win 98 system that
> lives on the external drive. Win 98 is just stored there as a bunch of files
> and folders.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [PCSOFT] using an external HD with WIN98 on an XP desktop
>
>
> I have an external enclosure mounted HD which has WIN98 installed on it, and
> can connect it to my desktop with WIN XP installed via a USB cable. It
> appears as drive F.
>
> Is it possible to use this arrangement to play a game which will operate on
> WIN 98 but not on a more advanced OS?
>
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