Problem installing W2K after WXP

[wl]

Hi,
I have an interesting problem and don't know how to get around.

I have a laptop with 2 HDD. The 2nd HDD is using the bay normally used by
the CD drive. Therefore, I do not have a CD drive on my laptop.

I currently have WinXP Pro installed, and now find that I will need Win2000
Server on an occassional basis, due to software requirement. So, I intended
to have dual-boot by installing the Win2000 Server on the 2nd HDD. Since I
do not have a CD drive, I managed to copy the Win2000 Server installation CD
onto the 2nd HDD. However, when I executed setup.exe, I received message:
"This CD-ROM is from an older version of Windows...Setup functionality from
this disk will be disabled."

Is there a way to get around this problem?

What if I take out my current HDD and put the 2nd HDD in its place and
boot/install using the CD-ROM. Then afterward, put in both HDD and change
the boot.ini file?

Thanks,
Bill

 

[Dennis Calhoun]

Hi,
I have an interesting problem and don't know how to get around.

I have a laptop with 2 HDD. The 2nd HDD is using the bay normally used by
the CD drive. Therefore, I do not have a CD drive on my laptop.

I currently have WinXP Pro installed, and now find that I will need Win2000
Server on an occassional basis, due to software requirement. So, I intended
to have dual-boot by installing the Win2000 Server on the 2nd HDD. Since I
do not have a CD drive, I managed to copy the Win2000 Server installation CD
onto the 2nd HDD. However, when I executed setup.exe, I received message:
"This CD-ROM is from an older version of Windows...Setup functionality from
this disk will be disabled."

Is there a way to get around this problem?

SOMEwhere in the WinXP documentation, I recall reading that if one
wants to set up a dual boot system (of MS OSs only) it is necessary to
install the older version OS first, then WinXP. It seems that pretty
much any older version will try to overwrite the boot sector of XP or
simply refuse to install at all.

Maybe you could save copies to your slave HDD of critical files on
your master HDD, then format the master HDD, install Win2000, install
WinXP, then put the saved files into the fresh installation. Other
applications could be installed on your slave HDD after it is empty,
to save use of the Master HDD space for the OSs.

What if I take out my current HDD and put the 2nd HDD in its place and
boot/install using the CD-ROM. Then afterward, put in both HDD and change
the boot.ini file?

I can't speak to that point, I am still learning!


--
The universe is so huge and we are so small.
There is only one thing that we can truly control.
Whether we are good or evil.

Dennis C.