Windows 98 on a NTFS Partition!

[R-Style]

I have read some stuff on the net, that you can run windows 98 on a NTFS partition.

It is possible but what is the advantage of using a NTFS partition with Windows 98!!!!!!!

[null_]

I've never heard of Windows 98 running on an NTFS partiton, I know with a special driver or utility you can read an NTFS partition..

[R-Style]

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml

here look at this........

[svmpatel]

  R-Style said:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml

here look at this........

If you have a look at that properly, you will see that it's a device driver that lets you access NTFS partitions under Win98, but it also clearly states that you cannot have the boot partition of Win98 on an NTFS partition...

Recommended Configuration

Do not convert your first partition, or your Windows 95/98 boot partition (the one with \windows on it), to NTFS as there is no support in Windows 95 or Windows 98 for reading NTFS drives during the boot sequence.

For maximum compatibility in dual boot systems, the recommended partition configuration is to maintain a FAT partition as the first partition on the primary drive. This partition should contain Windows 95/98 and should not be used to store applications or data files. The rest of the primary disks, and any other disks that you wish to share between Windows 98 and Windows NT/2000/XP can be formatted with NTFS or other file system types (FAT16 or FAT32) that are understood by the operating systems from which you wish to access them. Your Windows NT/2000/XP system directory can be placed on either a FAT or NTFS drive (note that Windows NT 4.0 cannot be placed on a FAT32 drive, nor boot from a FAT32 drive).

Below is a file system compatibility chart that can help you determine which file systems to use for compatibility in your dual boot environment.

Therfore it does not allow you to install and run Windows 98 on an NTFS partiton, you can merely access an NTFS partition on a system that is running Windows 98 on a FAT or FAT32 partition.

[R-Style]

I can better stick on Fat32...

[cpugeniusmv]

that wouldn't let you install windows 98 on to an ntfs partition. it will only let you read (and write if you buy the shareware version presumably) other partitions/hard drives than your system partition.

[shake]

first of all i have never seen windows 98 ever being able to read an NTFS partition and even if it did, NTFS is usefull only for securing data. As users in 98 are not differentiate in win98 as in win2k or winxp, the security concept goes down the drain. (different users cannot access each others data on an NTFS partition

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[Frank84]

  R-Style said:

I can better stick on Fat32...

agree

[OldeCrow]

its worth some experimentation but you could use the nt bootloader to get to windows on an ntfs partition i think .. and that sysinternals driver combined with it might be workable ..

[PureEdit]

I am sure it could be done, 98 still uses dos, so that driver might work. I have made 98 load off a CD before, it took some work, but it was interesting.

[John Veteran]

There is NO point in doing this since Windows 98 doesn't have the security/features that NTFS has...

[[moribundi]]

  Quote

...NTFS drives present on your system will be fully accessible as native Windows 98 volumes. This version provides read-only capabilities.

One would assume that the registry in Win98 would not appreciate being read-only, not to mention many other components.

[iMonkey]

Might be fun for an experiment, that would be all though.

[aalaap]

Yeah, it'll be fun to try out. That's about it.

- Aalaap

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

I doubt it though.

Win 98 is an old POS, same with Win 95.