Dual Boot W2K & XP then eventually remove W2K - How to organise this ?

[victory@iol.ie]

I have at present W2K installed on the C: Partition of a 60 Gbte
drive.

I am about to install XP onto Partition E of this drive in a Dual Boot
Setup , ( Partition D is a second 120Gbte drive used for Data only ).

It is my intention to eventually remove W2K and have XP as the sole
OS.

When W2K is eventually removed from the C: Partition I would like to
have XP then moved to C: Partition. so that C: and not E: will be the
Root Partition.

How would I go about the operation of moving XP from E: to C: ?

B.N.

[R. C. White]

Hi, B.N.

Upgrades from Win9x/ME to Win2K/XP are often problematic, because the
migration of drivers and applications from the DOS platform to the NT
platform can cause problems. Upgrades from Win2K to WinXP, though, usually
work quite well. Therefore, your best approach might be simply to upgrade
Win2K on C: to WinXP on C:. Leave the existing WinXP on E:, at least for
the time being, allowing you to dual-boot into E: if you have hangups on C:.

In fact, you might want to leave the WinXP on E: indefinitely and dual-boot
the two copies of WinXP. Having a second copy of WinXP available comes in
handy for such things as repairing the first copy's Registry or other
problems, for defragging C: more completely than can be done when booted to
C:, or as a "sandbox" for testing new software, much as you have been doing
with Win2K/WinXP. I have run two copies of WinXP for nearly two years now
and it has come in handy several times.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

> wrote in message
...
> I have at present W2K installed on the C: Partition of a 60 Gbte
> drive.
>
> I am about to install XP onto Partition E of this drive in a Dual Boot
> Setup , ( Partition D is a second 120Gbte drive used for Data only ).
>
> It is my intention to eventually remove W2K and have XP as the sole
> OS.
>
> When W2K is eventually removed from the C: Partition I would like to
> have XP then moved to C: Partition. so that C: and not E: will be the
> Root Partition.
>
> How would I go about the operation of moving XP from E: to C: ?
>
> B.N.

[victory@iol.ie]

Upgrades from Win2K to WinXP, though, usually
>work quite well. Therefore, your best approach might be simply to upgrade
>Win2K on C: to WinXP on C:.

Thanks for the reply.

I have the Installation CD for XP not the Upgrade XP CD.

Will I be able to upgrade W2K to XP with the XP Installation CD ?

B.N.

[R. C. White]

Hi, B.N.

Sure. The only real difference between the Upgrade CD and the Full WinXP CD
is the price - and the Upgrade CD checks to see if you have a qualifying
product, either installed or on a CD.

Just boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and when it asks where to install WinXP,
tell it to upgrade the Win2K that it will have found. It's been nearly 2
years since I did just that, so I've forgotten the details, but the
procedure is pretty straightforward.

One little nit that may or may not matter to you: The default name for
WinXP's boot folder is \Windows. UNLESS you are upgrading from Win2K, in
which case it will inherit the old name, which probably will be \WinNT - it
is in my case.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

> wrote in message
...
> Upgrades from Win2K to WinXP, though, usually
> >work quite well. Therefore, your best approach might be simply to
upgrade
> >Win2K on C: to WinXP on C:.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have the Installation CD for XP not the Upgrade XP CD.
>
> Will I be able to upgrade W2K to XP with the XP Installation CD ?
>
> B.N.