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Name: Alejandro
Date: August 27, 2003 at 11:12:20 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:

Is there a way I can have Windows XP and Windows XP in a dual boot system...?
I want one system for editing and the other one for gaming and emails,etc...
I had before Windows 2000 and Windows XP without any problem...
I'm following the same procedure as before, but something is not working...
What would be the correct procedure?
Thanks in advance!



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Response Number 1
Name: sam
Date: August 27, 2003 at 11:30:39 Pacific
Reply:

windows XP doesn't support dual boot that's why it worked when u had windows 2000 b'se Windows 2000 supports.
That's the reason you have to install Win 2000 first and then Win XP.
Hope this helps


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Response Number 2
Name: Dave02
Date: August 27, 2003 at 11:55:41 Pacific
Reply:

use the disk management utilities in XP. You can create a software RAID array if you want or set up multiple partitions. Right click "My Computer", "Manage", "Disk Management" Knock yourself out.


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Response Number 3
Name: -Bryan-
Date: August 27, 2003 at 12:54:24 Pacific
Reply:

Or even better yet, just install a new version of XP on a separate partition like you would for a normal dual-boot setup.

Sam...XP doesn't support dual boot? Ha!

-=Bryan=-


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Response Number 4
Name: zeb
Date: August 27, 2003 at 15:13:18 Pacific
Reply:

I install windows xp on c drive 5 times
(just for the heck of it) all you do is hit esc when it finds another os,then rename the path to c:windows1 or 2 or 3 or whatever suit you.


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Response Number 5
Name: Alejandro
Date: August 27, 2003 at 15:14:53 Pacific
Reply:

That's what I did... but didn't work...
I use Fdisk to do the partition.
Normally I make active one of the partitions install the os, then I make active the other partition and make a new o.s. installation.
So, when I'm installing the 1st XP everything goes as usual , but when I'm in the middle of the process of the 2nd XP installation, the xp o.s. cd keeps taking me back to the first step (formatting the hard drive) and doesn't continue the installation.
So, seems like the regular way doesn't work...
Is other way to do this? like a program or something I should follow... I just want to have 2 windows XP in the same computer.
Thanks again!


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Response Number 6
Name: -Bryan-
Date: August 27, 2003 at 17:23:48 Pacific
Reply:

Alejandro, the regular way absolutely does work. I've done it time and time again on various systems.

Your first problem is that you're using FDISK. Don't bother. Let the XP setup program do all the formatting/partitioning.

Do a search on this forum or on Google and I'm sure you'll find some excellent tutorials on how to dual-boot your system.

-=Bryan=-


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