Want to Install Win2K on XP Box

I am currently running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I'd like to
install a copy of Windows 2000 in a partition on my second hard drive
and make my machine dual bootable. Can I do this without any
ramifications to the currently installed XP? Or in order for this to
work properly, do I have to install Windows 2000 first? Or would I just
be better off using Microsoft Virtual PC? And if I use Virtual PC,
would the Windows 2000 have full functionality, audio and video, access
to parallel, serial, and USB ports?

Thanks,
Don

Don wrote:
> I am currently running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I'd like to
> install a copy of Windows 2000 in a partition on my second hard drive
> and make my machine dual bootable. Can I do this without any
> ramifications to the currently installed XP? Or in order for this to
> work properly, do I have to install Windows 2000 first? Or would I just
> be better off using Microsoft Virtual PC? And if I use Virtual PC,
> would the Windows 2000 have full functionality, audio and video, access
> to parallel, serial, and USB ports?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>

Even easier, use either MS Virtual PC or VMWare Server. Then you don't
have to dual-boot and can swap from one OS to the other without
re-starting the machine....

MS Virtual PC
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx

VMWare Server:
http://www.vmware.com/products/server/

Both products are free. You need the VMWare Server rather than the
Player because the Player won't allow you to create Virtual Disks...

HTH

As Gordon stated, using MS Virtual PC or other would be easier. However, if
you do feel like experimenting with the dual boot, follow these directions
for installing 2K when XP is already installed:
http://dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm



Regards,

--
Patti MacLeod
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Don" wrote:

> I am currently running Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I'd like to
> install a copy of Windows 2000 in a partition on my second hard drive
> and make my machine dual bootable. Can I do this without any
> ramifications to the currently installed XP? Or in order for this to
> work properly, do I have to install Windows 2000 first? Or would I just
> be better off using Microsoft Virtual PC? And if I use Virtual PC,
> would the Windows 2000 have full functionality, audio and video, access
> to parallel, serial, and USB ports?
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
>