Windows XP Pro and 2000 dual boot seperate drives

[Mike]

Ok, first I'm sorry if this post is out there somewhere, but after
searching through a lot of them I just couldn't find anything relating
exactly to my problem.

I have a machine with 2 logical(seperate) hard drives on the same IDE
channel. One is master(has Windows XP Pro), and one is slave(is an
empty NTFS formatted drive).

I would like to install Windows 2000 pro on the SLAVE and make the
system a dual boot WITHOUT losing my current XP Pro install.

Can anyone help me out with this or point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Mike

 

[Tom Reynolds]

Mike,
See MVP Doug Knox's site,
http://www.dougknox.com/
Look under "Win XP Fixes"
Install Windows 2000 After XP is Installed.

HTH,
Tom

 

[GSV Three Minds in a Can]

Ok, first I'm sorry if this post is out there somewhere, but after
searching through a lot of them I just couldn't find anything relating
exactly to my problem.

I have a machine with 2 logical(seperate) hard drives on the same IDE
channel. One is master(has Windows XP Pro), and one is slave(is an
empty NTFS formatted drive).

I would like to install Windows 2000 pro on the SLAVE and make the
system a dual boot WITHOUT losing my current XP Pro install.

Do you want the two systems to agree that HDD1 (master) is C:, and the
slave is D:, or do you want them both to think 'they' are C:, and the
other drive is D:, or don't you care? (Do you even want them to each be
able to see the other drive)? You need to decide, because how you
proceed will determine this.

Can anyone help me out with this or point me in the right direction?

Doug Knox has a lot of good stuff on this at his website, and you can
find more by www.google.com 'Dual boot windows XP 2000 Pro'.

http://www.dougknox.com/index.html, 'XP tips' on the left, and the tip
you want is 3rd down on the RHS.


Me .. I'd just hook up the slave as master, install win2k normally, then
hook it up as slave again, and fix the WinXP boot.ini so it knew there
was now a Win2k installation on the slave drive .. this would result in
both systems thinking they were on 'C:'. [Actually I'm not sure I'd even
bother, since the differences between 2k Pro and XP pro are pretty small
... not much you can do with one that you can't do with the other (except
for testing, obviously)].

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Actually, what he determines will dictate how he should proceed with the
configuration and install (-:


<snip>

Do you want the two systems to agree that HDD1 (master) is C:, and the
slave is D:, or do you want them both to think 'they' are C:, and the
other drive is D:, or don't you care? (Do you even want them to each be
able to see the other drive)? You need to decide, because how you
proceed will determine this.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

See my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to Win XP Tips

For Win9x/Me: Install 98/Me after XP is Installed.
For Windows 2000: Install Windows 2000 after XP is installed.

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

Now I have to go to the dictionary (-:

Bitstring <[email protected]>, from the wonderful


What he wants determines how he =should= proceed.

How he does proceed with determine what he =gets=.

The two are not always congruent. 8>.

 

[Mike]

Ok,
Well thanks Doug and the rest of you for your comments. I looked at
your site Doug and it looks great.

ACTUALLY, I don't have the regular version of win2k pro, just the
upgrade (bah....) This means I'll need to install prior OS and then
upgrade from that...... This will be a problem I think because win98
doesn't support NTFS file format(the drive is currently formatted
in...)

Doing all this is just actually for the purpose to set up a client in
order to start my MSCE certs. Since you're saying XP and 2kpro is
pretty much similar, perhaps I should forgo all of this and just use
XP as a client?

What do people recommend on this? Of course my server machine will be
Win 2k server.

Thanks!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Mike,

You can do a clean install from the Win2K upgrade CD, just give it an
earlier OS for proof of eligibility for the upgrade.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

As to your other question, yes, XP and Win2K are very similar, but there are
specific differences that may make a difference when you take your exam.
Best to use the OS you're trying to get your MSCE for.

 

[Mike]

Yeah Doug I know, except I upgraded all the way from windows 95!!!
*laugh*
I seem to remember last time I tried to install Win2k, it wouldn't
recognize
my win95 install disk, and I had to install the win 95 on the HD
first, and then I could step my way up by throwing in the win 98 disk
as proof of prior OS. Seems strange perhaps. Maybe I might as well go
out and just get the full version of win2kpro

Thanks for all your help.

 

[Mike]

I finally got around to playing with this.

All I did was install Win2k on a seperate physical HD.
I set WinXP as master and Win2000k as Slave.
I modified WinXP's Boot.INI file with the extra line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000"/fast

And now have dualboot system no prob.