WinXP &Win200 Dual Boot

[JWK]

hi,

I have winXP home. I want to have a dual boot system with Win2000. I have a free partition for Win2000. Is it just a case of putting the CD in & letting it install. Will it sort out the dual boot itself or do I have to do anything? I don't want to have to uninstall WinXP so can I just add Win2000 or should Win2000 go on first?

Thanks for any help

James

 

[Toejam31]

<A HREF="http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm" target="_new">How do I install Windows 2000 after I've installed XP?</A>

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[JWK]

Thanks for your help but is the proceedure different for a NTFS system, which mine is. I didn't know Win2000 could be run on FAT32. I want to keep my system all NTFS.

thanks again,

James

 

[jlanka]

That procedure will work with NTFS. You can even simplify it by booting off the 2K CD.

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[JWK]

On the fourth attempt Windows finally started to install until:

The following value in the .SIF file used by setup is corrupted or missing. Value 0 on the line in section [SourceDisksFiles] with key "SP1.cab."
setup cannot continue..

Any ideas?