Original set-up….
2 physical HDD
1 x 16GB – partitioned to 1 x 6GB and 1 x 10GB
6GB partition has Windows 98SE
1 x 40GB – Partitioned to 2 x 20GB
Ist partition has Windows XP Pro
What I did….
Tried to upgrade 98SE to Windows 2000Initial message said I could not upgrade because of multiple operating systems on the machine (something about shared files)
On hitting OK, a window offering a clean install of W2K popped up. So I proceeded to install (this is onto the 6GB W98SE partition)
The result….
Start sequence now offers 3 options
Windows 2000 Pro
Windows XP Pro
Windows 98SE
Boots to W2K ok, boots to W98SE ok, will NOT boot to XP (message says something like ‘cannot open Windows 2000…???’)
On checking(boot to 98SE) it looks like W2K installed to the same partition as 98SE (so 2 operating systems on the same partition)
What I need….
Only W2K on the 1 x 6BG partition
XP Pro on the other (20 GB) partition
Access to my XP environment
Another concern….
If I formatted the W98SE/W2K partition, can I install W2K while XP Pro ALREADY resides on the machine? (don’t really want to format that part if I can help it)