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How
do I install Windows 2000 after I've installed Windows XP?
(without 3rd party software)
Backup
NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM
->
In Windows XP, open Windows Explorer and locate NTLDR and
NTDETECT.COM in the root
directory of your boot drive. These are usually Hidden files,
so you'll have to adjust your Explorer options to show
them.
-> Copy these files to a blank, formatted floppy, or other
location that will be available after the Win2K install.
Install
Windows 2000
->
Boot your
computer from the Win2K CD and continue with the installation.
->
Proceed
with the install. Install Windows 2000 to a different partition than
XP is installed in.
->
Complete
the Windows install. Allow the computer to boot into Windows
2000.
Repairing
the Windows® XP Boot Loader
When
the Windows 2000 installation is done, boot the computer into
Windows 2000, not Windows XP.
-> Insert the floppy disk that you
used earlier (or access the location you used), to backup NTLDR and
NTDETECT.COM
-> Copy NTLDR and
NTDETECT.COM back to the root directory of your boot drive.
Again, you may have to adjust your Explorer Options.
Now,
you'll be able to restart your computer and boot into Win 2K or Win
XP. This procedure is necessary because the Win XP version of
NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM will boot Windows 2000, but not vice-versa. |
