Installing 2 hard drives on one machine with Windows 2000 and XP 1

[wallysugar]

I want to install two hard drives on one machine using
Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

When I boot up I want to be able to choose which operating system I want to use. How do I do this?

 

[AckNack]

Presuming you want each OS on its own hard drive:

Install Windows 2000 first on the first hard drive.
Then install Windows XP next on the second hard drive.

Windows XP will take over the boot menu and offer you a choice of which OS you want to boot to each time you restart the computer.

I'm pretty sure you can use any file system you want and each OS will be able to see the other drives file system. (Someone correct me on this if I'm wrong. I'm not 100% sure if Windows 2000 can see the Windows XP NTFS in a dual boot.)

AckNack

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[evildoughboi]

Yes Windows 2000 can read NTFS.

 

[AckNack]

evildoughboi:

I wasn't sure if the NTFS in XP was different than the NTFS in 2000.

Wasn't there a problem with dual booting NT and 2000 if both had NTFS...as in NT couldn't see the Windows 2000 NTFS on the other partition?

I was wondering if the same problem existed with a dual boot between Windows 2000 and Windows XP both using their native NTFS.

AckNack

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