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by candence_w

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I need to repartition my 40GB hard drive (which is currently running Windows XP) into 2 20GB drives so that I can install Windows 2000 Pro in a dual boot config WITH XP. Can anyone provide me with DETAILED instructions?

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by thechas

If you want to leave the existing XP install intact, you will need to use a utility such as partition magic.
Only the latest version has support for XP.

If you are going to wipe the drive, and start over;

Rather than give you the step by stepdetails.
(they are just to long for this forum)

Here are a few links to detail information on partitioning drives.

www.aumha.org
http://radified.com/Files/fdisk_rad.zip
www.fdisk.com/fdisk

This Microsoft Knowledge Base article is for W9X, but covers the details pretty well.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q255867

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Startout by booting from your W2K CD, or boot disks.
Delete the existing partition.
Create a primary partition.
Use the rest of the drive for the extended partition.
Create a logical drive using the rest of the drive.

Install W2K
Install XP Make sure you perform a custom install, and direct XP to use the other drive, and setup a dual boot.
Chas

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