Hello Every One,
For developement purposes, I would like to install two versions of XP pro on one hard drive (laptop)and in separate partitions. I have successfully installed one XP pro to the C:\ (fat32) using full install option (running Win 98) . I then attempt to install “full install option” a different xp pro copy by running xp setup while running the first xp version (tried with and without service pack 1). During install, I choose a different partition (fat32) and I gave the computer the same name during first install (after failed install I tried a different computer name).
The new xp pro showed up on the OS loader and worked. The orginal xp pro would not boot:
1st error \system32\ hal.dll not found or corrupted (to repair I extract from xp cd)
2nd error \system32\ntoskrnl.exe not found or corupted (to repair I extract from xp cd)
3rd error, load needed DLLs for kernel.
Any help would be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Paul