the main problem is: XP is already PRE-INSTALLED on C drive!

Don''t forget to back up your skins and stuff!

Nah, Partition Magic/Boot Magic sucks for dual boot. I tried it. I use System Commander. It''s much easier to setup and it actually works. I have Win98 and WinXP on my system. My primary is split and neither OS knows the other exists, because you can hide the partitions. Then I split and hid partitions on my D drive too. So, its like having two complete OS. The one thing you have to remember with System Commander is that after you install the other Operating System, you have to reactivate System Commander. It will then provide its own graphical interface with icons for your different OS.

This is exactly how its works too. You set up one OS system and then install System Commander on it. Then, you reboot and System Commander takes over after the Bios loads. You can then tell it to add another OS. The graphical interface is very user friendly and it didn''t take me long to become a wizard with it. You can even password lock it to prevent changes or lock out the ability of others to get to Dos. Or you can Password lock certain Operating Systems completely.

I actually booted my Win98 for the last few days, after about five months, to play a little Black & White. Then, I figured out how to run Black & White on WinXP. Win98 is nice to have around, I guess. If you like to play Dos Games sometimes, or games that won''t run on WinXP. But, its only good for old games really. Nothing on Win98 looks as good as, or, is as fun as Object Desktop/Windowblinds and cursorXP on WinXP. So, my Win98 goes back to collecting cobwebs.

kk. Well, if it worked for you. I had lots of trouble with it myself. No offense intended. And customer support didn''t have a clue.

Yeah, I brought it many years ago to dual boot Win98 and Win95. This is when I called Customer Support. It was just a waste of money. I tried the new version recently to Dual Boot Win98 and WinXP. At the time, I don''t think it could dual boot WinXP. So, I tried System Commander. I''ve seen it in the computer stores. Beyond that, I cannot comment.

Is that a program that you can install on WinXP? A sort of dos emulator? Got a link?

Oh yeah, I''m wondering too. How does System Commander use so many colors before the operating system boots, and our Boot Screen program is having so much trouble with multi-colors?

Thanks for the link.

I can imagine someone somewhere running virtual pc on their Mac and using windowblinds to skin it as a Mac

Yep, I can imagine it too. You must have windows software because Mac software sucks. Ooops, what did I just say? I''m not trying to start a Mac vs. PC flame war. I was only kidding. No, No, really I was!!!

I couldn''t care less about mac lovers. Oh no, why did I say that? NEVERMIND!!

i dont understand why is everyone talking abt 3rd party softwares. @vimal, why think of spending money while xp has everything that u need? start your pc with a 98 boot disk & install 98 on D. when u r done, u'll see your xp/dual boot is gone. this is 'cos 98 has overwritten the master boot record. dont panic, ur xp is safe in C. now boot ur pc with an xp boot disk & when that 1st blue screen comes, press R to enter recovery console. it'll ask which os u wanna log in, for u its 'C:\windows'. then it'll ask for an acount name & pass from ur xp acounts. log in as admin, type 'bootcfg /scan'. it'll scan all ur current windows installations. u'll find 2 windows, i guess, 1 is D windows & 1 is C windows. then type 'bootcfg/ rebuild'. now it'll say sthing like
[1]c:\windows
add to boot(y/n)? y
enter load identifier(some name for this os) XP(in ur case)
enter load option(is it default or not) /fastdetect(if u want xp to be ed automatically, else just press enter)
[2]d:\windows
enter............... y
enter............... 98
enter............... /fastdetect(if u want 98 to be default)

restart ur pc & voila! u got the dual boot os choose screen, & none of ur os has been harmed.
thats all! see, no need to buy expensive 3rd party softwares.
hope it works for u.
good luck

Chris, isn't this the idea behind getting full color support on the Bootskin Program? Getting the OS to use a different VGA driver than the one it is currently using?

Chris, isn't this the idea behind getting full color support on the Bootskin Program? Getting the OS to use a different VGA driver than the one it is currently using?

If I was a Stardock developer (hint, hint ) that's something I'd look at