From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/22/10 00:58, TFM® wrote:   
      
   > I have an Emachine W3410 with SATA and IDE capabilities.  I had previously   
   > installed XP on a SATA drive as the machine prefers to boot from that   
   > channel.   
   >   
   > I put an old 10 gig IDE drive in and attempted to install 98 on it.  I was   
   > having a few problems until I decided to unplug the power from the SATA   
   > drive before going on.  98 installed with no problem after that.  I might   
   > add it boots incredibly fast.   
   >   
   > My problem is that it  (Win 98) won't boot with the SATA drive reconnected.   
   > It gives me a blue screen warning of 32 bit drivers and child devices.  My   
   > only option then is to power down or restart in XP.   
   >   
   > Can someone point me toward a few good links that might educate me further?   
      
   A lot of hardware and software refuses to play nicely with win98,   
   although it's perfectly happy with later versions.  Just one option...   
      
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