Boot problems when using multiple Operating Systems

[bonebonde]

Hi there,
I have just bought an HP Pavillion a630n computer which has Win XP Home Edition pre-installed.There was only one partition with 160GB space.I partitioned it using Partition Magic 8.0 and now I have 4 partitions.

My aim was to install Win2k Pro,Win2k Server and Linux in other partitions.I managed to install Win2k Pro but when I wanted to use WinXP Home, which was the original software I got an error that some boot files have been corrupted and I cannot use Win XP.I had to do a recovery to get my WinXP and again I lost the Win2k Pro.

Could someone please help me on how I can resolve this problem and have the 4 OS as I wanted?

Thanks.

 

[bcastner]

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm

In general, the "normal" order is earliest OS to newest for Windows, Linux last.

See, for valuable tips:

http://www.blackviper.com/Articles/OS/Multiboot/multiboot1.htm

Have you considered using Virtual PC for this job?
Free Trial of Virtual PC:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/

Description of Virtual PC:

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18600449

What OSes can run under Virtual PC?

http://vpc.visualwin.com/

 

[bcastner]

Also see:

http://www.boot-us.com/