"You cannot install windows XP or any later windows versions on a drive connected to one computer , remove the drive and insert it into another computer and expect it to work. It is not like Windows 98 where swapping harddrives is permissable. In XP it doesn't work!"

Wow ! That's intersting That's something I did not know .I didn't realize windows xp is that much different then windows 98
So you are saying that if for some reason I have to replace or I want to upgrade the motherboard I have to reinstall windows ?
Xp cannot detect and install vew hardware like windows 98 ?
That doesn't sound good to me
I thinl I will hold on to windows 98 a while longer

I was thinking of trying the GAG, the Graphical Boot Manager but if it cannot be swapped to a different pc then it probably won't do me any good

Just out of curiosity would xp have the same problem of not booting if it's installed in a different computer if it's installed on drive d and windows 98 is on drive c ?
In other words if I take the drive that is dual booted with windows 98 and xp
and install it in a different computer I would be able to boot with windows 98 but not xp withut reinstalling it ?