#Create boot partition windows xp install

The number of games you have for each system will also influence how you allocate the space of your SD card. Without knowing the size of your SD card, I can only recommend that you do some extra math ahead of time. An extra advantage of using a third partition for data transfer is that if you move the card to another computer, that partition will still have the data on it without having to wade through the system and program files of either Windows installation, and using it to transfer data from another computer will not endanger the system installs in the other partitions. This should be large enough to handle an extra-full CD of data, at the minimum. To make it easier to share data between both versions of Windows, you can make a third partition, formatted FAT32, that both systems can read and write.

XP can read FAT32 disks, 98 cannot read NTFS disks. In addition, XP will be installed on a partition formatted NTFS while 98 will be on a partition formatted FAT32. Just for the installation, XP wants six times what 98 does, so you need to split your SD card's space between them accordingly. I'll presume that you have a SD card large enough to provide the disk space needed for your intentions.

#Create boot partition windows xp install

Since you are planning to run games, and probably install gamer related tools, you may need to raise those limits. Windows 98 only needs around 300MB of disk space. Windows XP system requirements is for at least 1.5GB of available hard disk space. The size of the SD is likely to cause the most problems. Also, presuming that the Shuttle X PC can read the SD card through the SD to IDE adapter. Presuming a totally fresh installation of everything and access to all the needed installation media.