Terry said:
I have a dual boot setup with Windows XP Pro and Windows 2000 Server. I
installed Windows 2000 server
last and now i can not boot into XP Pro.
Does Win XP Pro need to be insalled last?
To use the Windows dual boot method, yes you need to install the Win2000
first, and then run the XP install from it. When you installed the
2000 just how did you do it? If you did it by booting the 2000 CD and
doing a New Install, and *if* you successfully installed in a second
partition which it sees as C you might be able to repair the boot to
the XP one by making that active and using its recovery console boot
from its CD to
Boot Cfg /Rebuild
thus setting up a dual boot. Or by installing a third party boot
manager
But if you got them into separate folders (probably Windows and WinNT)
on the same partition, you really need start over. Systems really must
be in separate partitions, or they will fight over things like Program
Files.
In that case clean the disk off, install 2000, making a partition for it
that leaves space for the other system's one. Then run the XP CD *from
that 2000* entering install, take New Install, and when it asks where
to put it point to the empty space to make a new partition - this may
mean hitting ESC to get the ability to work with partitions. *Don't*
just install in with the 2000
