Win2K/XP multiboot

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

Can I divide the drive into 5 x 100GB and access them all from Win2K or is
the address limit physical?

"Andy" wrote:

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

Can I divide the drive into 5 x 100GB and access them all from Win2K or is
the address limit physical?

"Andy" wrote:

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

It's now official that Win2K setup is not multiboot compliant.
I told it to install in E: and it complained about that there is no boot.ini
in C:

Is it the BIOS setup or the SATA connection order that controlls wich device
gets the C: label?

I will have to unplug my SSD until I have installed Windows and hopes that
it won't try to start from my SSD when I plug it in.

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

It's now official that Win2K setup is not multiboot compliant.
I told it to install in E: and it complained about that there is no boot.ini
in C:

Is it the BIOS setup or the SATA connection order that controlls wich device
gets the C: label?

I will have to unplug my SSD until I have installed Windows and hopes that
it won't try to start from my SSD when I plug it in.

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

I could not install anything in the HDD since the setup claims it to be broken.

I'm now trying to install XP on the SSD with the HDD unplugged and has been
waiting for the "Installing windows" step for about 3 hours.
Does the 5 dots show any real progress or does it only show that it's busy?

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

It's now official that Win2K setup is not multiboot compliant.
I told it to install in E: and it complained about that there is no boot.ini
in C:

Is it the BIOS setup or the SATA connection order that controlls wich device
gets the C: label?

I will have to unplug my SSD until I have installed Windows and hopes that
it won't try to start from my SSD when I plug it in.

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

I could not install anything in the HDD since the setup claims it to be broken.

I'm now trying to install XP on the SSD with the HDD unplugged and has been
waiting for the "Installing windows" step for about 3 hours.
Does the 5 dots show any real progress or does it only show that it's busy?

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

It's now official that Win2K setup is not multiboot compliant.
I told it to install in E: and it complained about that there is no boot.ini
in C:

Is it the BIOS setup or the SATA connection order that controlls wich device
gets the C: label?

I will have to unplug my SSD until I have installed Windows and hopes that
it won't try to start from my SSD when I plug it in.

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

I have stoped waiting for the Windows XP setup to finish because I can't
sleep with the DVD reader noise in my bedroom.

I have stoped waiting for the Windows XP setup to finish because I can't
sleep with the DVD reader noise in my bedroom.

Once you install Windows 2000 in a partition below 137GB, you can then
enable 48-bit LBA
(http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;305098),
which will allow Windows 2000 to access partitions located beyond the
137GB point on the disk drive.

However, if you ever have to reinstall Windows 2000, you'll have a
problem, since the partitions located beyond 137GB on the drive will
cause Windows 2000 Setup to not recognized all of the disk partitions
correctly.

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:25:01 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Can I divide the drive into 5 x 100GB and access them all from Win2K or is
the address limit physical?

No, yes.


"Andy" wrote:

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

Once you install Windows 2000 in a partition below 137GB, you can then
enable 48-bit LBA
(http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;305098),
which will allow Windows 2000 to access partitions located beyond the
137GB point on the disk drive.

However, if you ever have to reinstall Windows 2000, you'll have a
problem, since the partitions located beyond 137GB on the drive will
cause Windows 2000 Setup to not recognized all of the disk partitions
correctly.

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:25:01 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Can I divide the drive into 5 x 100GB and access them all from Win2K or is
the address limit physical?

No, yes.


"Andy" wrote:

Windows 2000 Setup is capable of seeing only the first 137GB (128GiB)
of the hard drive because of its 28-bit LBA limitation. Unless the
drive is connected to a controller that provides a Windows driver that
supports 48-bit LBA (e.g., JMicron JMB36X, Gigabyte SATA), the largest
partition that Setup can create and access is 137GB.

The way to install is start with a drive that has no partition.
Install Windows 2000 first, using Setup to create the partition for
Windows 2000. Then install Windows XP on the rest of the drive.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 08:33:03 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

Knoppix didn't work.

Can the DOS partitiontable be incompatible with Windows when Win2K setup
believes that it's a new or damaged HDD?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

You need to use Grub not Ubuntu. Obviously it will not work (making a partition )
with a live distro. Use Grub if you are inclined to use a Linux distro to make
partitions. You can also use Knoppix

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
The problem is that I have no OS at all on any booting device.
I'm using the Ubuntu CD to make partitiontables and partitions while playing
Gnome games.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

When you open Win2k MyComputer do you see the D: partition?? If yes
then install WinXP from the Win2k. When it asks do you want to upgrade say
no and choose clean install

"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000 on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:39:01 -0700, Dawoodoz
wrote:

It's now official that Win2K setup is not multiboot compliant.
I told it to install in E: and it complained about that there is no boot.ini
in C:

Is it the BIOS setup or the SATA connection order that controlls wich device
gets the C: label?

Both. With the default bios setting, the hard drive connected to SATA0
or 1, whichever is the lowest number, is the boot drive. However, the
bios setup Hard Disk Boot Priority or Hard Disk Drives setting can
change the boot drive to a hard drive connected to a different SATA
connector. The active primary partition on the boot drive gets the C:
letter.


I will have to unplug my SSD until I have installed Windows and hopes that
it won't try to start from my SSD when I plug it in.

"Dawoodoz" wrote:

I tried both yes and no.
Installing that way didn't work for me since 500GB is too large for Win2K.

I'm now trying to install by partitioning with the WinXP installation before
installing Windows2000 on the new partition.

Installing XP directly didn't work since it seems to need some drivers to my
"OCZ SATA2 2.5" Solid State Drive".

"Rich Barry" wrote:

If it asked you if you wanted to partition the whole drive did you say
no? Did it give you any options.??? I havent done a clean install with
Win2k in a few years.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I tried installing Windows2000 on a clean HDD but it just asked if I wanted
to format the whole drive without even telling me if it discovered the HDD
or
the SSD.
I will proubly follow Peter's advice and try Knoppix.
Grub seems to be overkill for multiboot beginners.

"Rich Barry" wrote:

Ok, start from scratch. Remove the partitions you created with
Ubuntu. Then setting the CD drive as first boot device in the Bios use
the
Win2K CD to create and format a
partition and install Win2k. Then install WinXP.


"Dawoodoz" wrote in message
...
I have bought a new harddrive with 500GB for making a multiboot with
Win2K/XP.
I created a MsDos partition-table since it's default and recomended.
I made 2 primary partitions for the systems and installed Windows2000
on
the
first.
When it had formated and placed the files for installing Win2K, I could
not
boot the setup on the harddrive.
When I looked at the partitions in Ubuntu's partition editor, there was
only
one 500GB partition who I did not allow the creation of. The other
partitions
was gone.

How do I get both Windows2000 and WindowsXP on the same drive?