I have a computer running Windows XP Professional on one
hard drive. I am trying to load Windows 2000 on a
seperate drive and I meet the requirements. Windows XP
will not let me start the setup for Win2K and gives me
the error, "This CD-ROM is from an older version of
Windows than the one you are presntly using. Setup
fuctionality from this disk will be disabled." How can I
get Windows XP Professional to recongnize this and be
able to load Win2K to my machine so I can dual boot
between Windows XP and Win2K?

Hi Nathan,

How to Install W2K to its own partition. Use a 98 Startup disk and run
WINNT.EXE from the I386 directory. After 2K is installed, boot with the XP
CD and at the Setup/Repair screen, choose Repair. In Recovery Console, use
the following commands:

1) FIXBOOT, answer Yes
2) CD \
3) ATTRIB -H NTLDR
4) ATTRIB -S NTLDR
5) ATTRIB -R NTLDR
6) ATTRIB -H NTDETECT.COM
7) ATTRIB -S NTDETEC.COM
8) ATTRIB -R NTDETECT.COM
9) COPY X:\I386\NTLDR C:\
10) COPY X:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\

In Steps 9 and 10, X is the letter of your CD-Rom drive.

How to Install W2K to its Own Partition after installing XP
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm

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All the Best,
Kelly

Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP

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"Nathan Walters" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3e6501c3fe7b$423e5680$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a computer running Windows XP Professional on one
> hard drive. I am trying to load Windows 2000 on a
> seperate drive and I meet the requirements. Windows XP
> will not let me start the setup for Win2K and gives me
> the error, "This CD-ROM is from an older version of
> Windows than the one you are presntly using. Setup
> fuctionality from this disk will be disabled." How can I
> get Windows XP Professional to recongnize this and be
> able to load Win2K to my machine so I can dual boot
> between Windows XP and Win2K?