Assuming you are installing to the first partition, they should remain untouched. If installing 2k on second or subsequent partition, the install will create a 2k boot sector on the first partition.
Do you have a W2K installation CD or a "RESTORE" CD that loads a preconfigured windows/application environment!!!
If it's the latter, it will fdisk and erradicate all previous life forms on the platters... JTB
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It won't even erase the contents of the partition you're installing into unless you remove & recreate or format the partition as part of install process (just overwrite \winnt).
yes, you are prompted for which partition to install on. You are also prompted as to whether you want to format that partition, or leave the file system in tact. leaving it intact will only affect fiels in the winnt folder.
I have installed windows 2000 on a partition (half the drive). Then I created another primary partition with the other half (win2k allows you to create up to 4 primary partitions) and made it the active partition. When I rebooted, I installed 2000 again on the newly created active partition. I doesn't affect the previous installation on the other partition. I could have installed any OS I wanted like 98. By using fdisk to switch the active partition, you choose which one you want to boot. The boot sectors for each partition are independent this way. The active partition chosen is always considered the C: drive, the other partition is D: so you can read and write to the other partition as long as the operating system reads the format (FAT32, FAT16, NTFS).
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