Here's our Windows NT Tip for.. August 25, 1998
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Dual boot with Win98
One of our earliest NT tips showed you how you could easily dual boot between Windows 95 and Windows NT. The same thing applies to those who would like to have both Windows NT and Windows 98 on their machines, and the procedure is identical.

All you have to do is upgrade the Windows 95 installation to Windows 98. Your Windows NT Workstation 4.0 installation should run as before and recognize the new 98 OS.

Note: Windows 98 includes a utility that will convert the standard FAT16 disks to FAT32. Since Windows NT Workstation 4.0 can't view FAT32 disks, don't use this option. Also, the disk compression used by Windows 98 (like the one used by Windows 95) produces disks that are not accessible to Windows NT Workstation 4.0. Other than these items, Windows 98 coexists well with Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

As an added bonus, see how you can keep your Windows 95/NT dual boot intact, AND add Windows 98 to the mix. (Yes, it IS possible to have all three on the same machine at the same time, and without using any third party utilities!)