Question:

Is it possible to install Windows 98 on the following machine:

General Information
Service Tag CK7HRB1
Express Service Code 27343297405
Computer Model Dell DXG061
BIOS Vendor Dell Inc.
BIOS Version 1.1.3
BIOS Date 07-31-06
Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Processor
Manufacturer Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
Clock Speed 3.4GHz
Manufacturer Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
Clock Speed 3.4GHz

Memory
Available Memory 79.14 %
Page File Size 2.4101Mb
Available Page File 15089 %
Virtual Memory 2047.8Mb
Available Virtual Memory 98.02 %
Memory Slot 1 [DIMM_1]  1024Mb
Memory Slot 2 [DIMM_2]  1024Mb

Network Card
Adapters Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller – Packet Scheduler Miniport

Storage
Drive Type Drive Size Total Available Space Used Space
C: NTFS 145.9Gb 138.8Gb 7.090Gb

Hardware
Type Description
DVD/CD-ROM Drives SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615S
_NEC DVD+-RW ND-3650A
Disk Drives SAMSUNG HD160JJ/P 149.0Gb
Display Adapters NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512Mb
Floppy Disk Drives (Standard floppy disk drives) Floppy disk drive
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel
Keyboards Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mice and Other Pointing Devices PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Human Interface Device
Monitors Plug and Play Monitor – (Standard monitor types)
Sound Devices SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC
USB Controllers Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Software
Name Version
WebFldrs XP 9.50.7523
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 8.68.05
Dell CinePlayer 3.0
Windows Media Player 10 9.00.3636
Roxio DLA 5.2.0
Roxio MyDVD LE 6.1.6
Roxio RecordNow Copy 2.0.4
Roxio RecordNow Data 2.0.4
Adobe Acrobat – Reader 6.0.2 Update 6.0.2
Adobe Reader 6.0.1 006.000.001
Sonic Activation Module 1.0
Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition Installer 1.1.0.3514
Microsoft Plus! Photo Story 2 LE 1.1.0.3463
Corel Photo Album 6 6.33
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6 1.5.0.60
Roxio RecordNow Audio 2.0.4
MCU 1.00.0000
Dell System Restore 2.00.0000
Sonic Update Manager 3.0.0
Dell Driver Reset Tool 1.02.0000
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 1.1.4322
Digital Content Portal 1.00.0000
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 5.3.582.27

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