Installing Windows XP with Windows 2000

[M K W]

Hello,
I have a PC that has Windows 2000 on it, I want to install Windows XP on
this PC but I want to intall it on the same partition (C:\) can I do this or
I can't? If I can please support me with any help.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thank you

 

[Dave Patrick]

You *can* do it but it is never recommended. The operating systems would
share some file and directory resources and you soon would end up with quite
a mess. Always install operating systems on separate partitions.

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:
| Hello,
| I have a PC that has Windows 2000 on it, I want to install Windows XP on
| this PC but I want to intall it on the same partition (C:\) can I do this
or
| I can't? If I can please support me with any help.
| Any help would be highly appreciated.
| Thank you
|
|

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hello,
I have a PC that has Windows 2000 on it, I want to install Windows
XP
on this PC but I want to intall it on the same partition (C:\) can I
do this or I can't? If I can please support me with any help.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thank you

There's no technical issue that stops one from installing two
Microsoft operating systems onto the same partition, but there
certainly should be. Under normal circumstances, placing two
operating systems in the same partition is a recipe for disaster. A
careful, knowledgeable specialist can do this safely, but the ordinary
PC user had better be backing up his data daily, as a catastrophic
failure is a matter of "when," rather than "if."

Multibooting with Windows 2000 and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/administration/management/mltiboot.asp

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Bruce Chambers

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