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Multibooting 2000 and XP
Name: Ram Date: May 13, 2003 at 16:59:45 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD 2700, 512 DDRAM
Comment:
Im just about done building my computer and I am getting a new 80 Gb harddrive with no OS. I want to multiboot this system with 2000 Pro and XP. How should I go about doing this? What OS should I install first? Should I create partitions for each OS? Is there something different that I need to do? Help! Thanks
Name: tropic Date: May 13, 2003 at 17:47:05 Pacific
Reply:
Separate partitions are the way to go, and you should install Win2K first so that XP's boot manager can handle the dual booting. Here's how I would do it:
1st partition: WinXP 2nd partition: Win2K 3rd partition: all my data files
Start by installing Win2000 to partition #2; then install WinXP to partition #1. Boot from the CD when you install XP... if you start XP setup inside Win2K you may end up with a system partition labeled D: or E:.
If you get sick of Win2K, you can just format the partition from within XP and edit the boot.ini file... it will be as if you never had Win2K installed.
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