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Dual boot system with Win 2K and Win XP

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by kashwayne

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I have install Win 2K and Win XP both on the same computer. But only windows xp will boot up. How does any one know to go about correcting this problem, because i have exhausted all my resources, tricks and options.

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by ambrosni

If your operating systems reside on different hard drives, you could turn off the hard drive that has XP on it in bios to boot up 2K.

by ambrosni

before booting an op-sys on a dual boot machine, there should be a screen where u get to choose what op-sys you want to load. This screen is on a timer......perhaps the timer is set too short for u to get to choose or too even see that screen. therefore, it chooses the default load.

by mwelch

I have just installed XP on my PC to make a tri-boot option (98/2000/XP). I had no problems.
It is recommended to put each OS on its own partition - which is what I did.

by omie

You mentioned that you installed win2k and then winxp. To realize the dualboot it is highly recomended that you have at least two partitons or even a 2 hard drive. During the installation the default partition goes to c drive and if you installed itand upgraded win2k naturally you will not see the win2k. In some cases also you might have deleted win2k by overwriting the c drive and installed winxp.
Another thing that you will check is your bios setting. There might be a setting that you needto change the OS to PNP or Auto depending on your motherboard and usually located on the chipset setting.
Check also the setting in the "Sytem Startup and recovery" and increase the time as well as check the win2k if it is an option in the default operating system window.

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