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Name: michael walshe
Date: June 5, 2001 at 10:33:48 Pacific
Subject: me wont install on windows 2000 pro
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me wont install on windows 2000 pro plz!!!!! help


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Response Number 1
Name: Eric
Date: June 5, 2001 at 10:49:26 Pacific
Subject: me wont install on windows 2000 pro
Reply: (edit)

You have to reformat to do that.


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Response Number 2
Name: John M
Date: June 5, 2001 at 11:32:41 Pacific
Subject: me wont install on windows 2000 pro
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Win ME must be on primary partition. Win 2000 can run off another, but Win ME can't.

And Win ME is not an upgrade from 2000 pro.


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Response Number 3
Name: DORFEN
Date: June 5, 2001 at 13:41:54 Pacific
Subject: me wont install on windows 2000 pro
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ITS NOT AS HOPELESS AS THEY SAID THE TRICK IS TO FOOLTHE SYSTEM THAT YOUR SECOND PARTITION IS THE C: ONE I ALLREADY POSTED IN THIS FORUMM ON HOW TO HAVE MULTIPLE OS ON ONE SYSTEM INFACT OVER 30 LOOK IN THE SEARCH FOR "MULTI OS" THE KEY IS DOWNLOAD A WIN 98 SYSTEM DISK BOOT WITH THE DISK THEN SYS THE PARTITION YOU WANT TO USE FOR ME FOR EXAMPLE IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE A:\SYS D: IF D WAS THE PARTITION YOU WERE AFTER
NOW ADD THE PARTITION TO YOUR BOOT MANAGER (BOOT MAGIC LILLO SYSTEM COMMANDER WHATEVER BUT NOT NT'S NATIVE ONE) ALL THESE CAN BE DOWNLOADED AS DEMMOS THAT ARE FULLY FUNCTIONAL)THE KEY IS TO BOOT TO YOUR 2000 ADD IT TO BOOT MAGIC THEN REBOOT TO THE NEW PARTITION (MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW PARTITION CANT SEE THE FIRST IN YOUR BOOT MANAGER OPTIONS) WHEN YOU BOOT TO THE NEW PARTITION TAKE A SYSTEM DISK AND SET UP YOUR CDROM DRIVERS FOR DOS TYPICALY A:\SETUPD THE D IS IMPORTANT NOW FLIP THROUGH YOUR DRIVES TILL YOU FIND YOUR CDROM PROBABLY D: IF YOU DONT HAVE ANY MORE PARTITIONS AND SETUP ME NORMALY
ONCE YOUR DONE INSTALL ING USE THE BOOT MAGIC (OR WHATEVER BOOTMANAGER YOU USE) RESCUE DISK TO BOOT BACK TO 2000 WHEN YOUR BACK IN 2000 REENABLE YOUR BOOT MANAGER AND YOUR SET BOTH CAN BEE BOOTED INTO ONLY PROB IS YOU CANT LET ME SEE 2000 BUT ITS OKAY FOR 2000 TO SEE ME THE ONLY WAY AROUND IS TO USE A PROGRAM LIKE POWER QUEST PARTITION MAGIC TO COPY THE 2000 PARTITION AFTER YOUR ME AND THEN MOVE THEM AROUND SO ME IS FIRST AND 2000 SECOND THIS WAY BOTH CAN SEE ONE ANOTHER...


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