Summary: After install W2k from XP, ROM drive will not read CDs anymore...it worked for a while...I was able to use it to install the video and soundcard...the...
Summary: To OtheHill : I intend to install w2k in a separate partition in order to keep XP just in case. This is on an old HP omnibook xt1000s laptop (Celeron ...
Summary: Not quite sure what’s going on here… You already have a boot.ini in whichever drive is currently set as active master (to allow XP to boot); but you s...
Summary: I am installing win on new 80 gig hd. I have the choice of installing either w2k pro or xp pro & I am having a problem installing both of them. I put ...
Summary: herman's pointing you generally in the right direction - albeit a little confusingly... Brief explanation of what/why (as it's useful to understand wh...
Summary: Try running XP's repair route - via a CD boot? You installed W2K after XP; W2K will (probably...) have overwritten the XP mbr (and thus disabled the X...
Summary: I'm reading your post as: installed W2K after XP (as no access to XP at that time, following a motherboard change); now you can access W2K, but not XP...
Summary: Don: You can't "Upgrade " XP to W2K (or should that be "downgrade")... The "bog standard" route would be to reformat etc...; and this isn't always con...
Summary: Set drives as follows: XP = Master to W2K Slave; install W2K to Slave (CD boot/4 floppies route - whichever). The mbr on Master drive was initially th...
Summary: I haven't played with XP -yet so I'm theorising a little based on some recent research/hunt and find sessions... Possibly... run W2K set-up (CD boot/4...
Summary: You can not install W2K through xP. Boot the w2k cdrom by configuring your bios to boot the cdrom first. Use w2k's install to wipe the disk, create a ...
Summary: I have had more issues with 3rd party boot managers then I ever have had with MS's boot.ini multiboot manager. If you are just running MS OS's don't m...
Summary: Yeh, got the same problem. Installed W2K on a separate partition than that of XP. W2K loads up fine, but XP now has missing ntoskrnl. I installed W2K ...
Summary: Backing up files/data is preferable whenever possible (prior to a new/additonal install in a single partition system) - regardless of what you do to l...
Summary: Hi all, as a background to what I am about to ask you, I have a 40 GB hard disk as master, and a 13 GB hard disk as slave. The 40 GB hard disk contain...
Summary: Hello. Shortly after reformatting with Win 2000 I get the error message "boot_device_inaccessible." I know of at least one other person who gets the ...
Summary: OK, my HDDs are on a IDE-RAID 0 (stripe) set up, Fastrack TX2000 PCI card (dual ATA133). I have no HDDs on my mobo IDE ports, just two CDRW\DVDs, Zip2...
Summary: >>> That new M$ OS s will deposit its boot/startup files into c: alongside with the W2K versions. <<< = W2K set-up automatically installs its Boot/st...
Summary: Hi ! I have problem whil installing w2k. It's work fine with win98, Red Hat 7.3, but the installation of w2k or XP failed... I have a PC Partner mothe...
Summary: Hi, i tried to install W2K on a Asus T2P4 with a K6-3 400Mhz on it without success. Just after the instakllation starts to copy the W2K files to the ...
Summary: I have the same problem, my HP notebook preinstalled with XP user ed, I'm trying to install W2K on another partition but XP won't let me do it and dis...
Summary: A few ideas: If PC allows a CD boot then run W2K install from a CD boot; use the option in setup to reformat the drive and then install W2K, as either...
Summary: ntfs6??? Is there such a beast? Both OS use ntfs5; both OS can read/access fat16/fat32/ntfs5 at boot-time. You could either install W2K to the XP form...
Summary: I was recommended by MS Chat to re-install W2K Professional, and they say that all the programs would remain where they are, and that the procedure is...
Summary: Probably the best/safest way to go is to: Back-up date somewhere safe (CD, or another partition - perhaps even both...?). Reformat current W2K partiti...
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