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running Win98SE on Win 7 64 bit system

by wkmacc Apr 3, 2010 8:04AM PDT

I just bought a win 7 64 bit system and would like to install Win98SE
because I have some old pgms I still use that won't load on Win 7 (even with the XP upgrade)

Can I partition to get the Win98 to operate like it did on my old system?

Thanks!
Bill

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probably not

by Jonmor68 Apr 3, 2010 8:56AM PDT

it's unlikely that '98 drivers would be available for the new system.
Do you still have the old computer to use? if not maybe you can find someone giving one away or selling very cheap, here you can't give them away, as no one wants them and they finish up as scrap.
If we knew what progams, someone may be able to suggest alternatives.

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I'm going with no.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 3, 2010 9:00AM PDT

The hurdles are now beyond most from new drive partition problems, what 98 does on machines with more than 512MB RAM and the list doesn't seem to end soon.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=install+windows+98se+in+virtual+pc seems to be a workaround.

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