Windows Xp And Windows 2000 Server On same computer.

Hi, I have windows xp SP2 installed on my computer. Now I want windows 2000 server also on the same computer. Is it possible???? If yes, than can I install 2000 Server on the existing XP or I have to format my system and than again I have to install first 2000 server and than XP??Thanks in advance.

As far as I know, if you split up the partitions so that each OS gets it's own indepedent primary partition, you wouldn't have a problem. Both 2000 and XP should detect each other and automatically create a multi-boot option in your Boot Menu and write the information to your MBR. Just give Win2K it's own parition - the problems start when you try to share the same partition among both.

I have no idea how to do partitions. But does that mean it is possible to have a computer with both 98 AND XP???If anyone can tell me how to partition a drive or if you can use these two OS's on one computer, thanks!

To Trojan, Yes you can have windows 98/Xp on same computer as microscopic said, you need to make 2 partitions to make it work, its the same idea with any other Operating System..

Hi,

    I have windows xp SP2 installed on my computer. Now I want windows 2000 server also on the same computer. Is it possible????

Yes. I had Win2000 server and Win XP dual booting on the same machine for a while. I can't answer your second question, though, because I had Win2000 Server on C: and the added Win XP on G:. It's usually considered better to first install the older Windows on C:, and then the newer one on some other drive, but whether it's really necessary I don't know. On older versions of Windows, it's safer and more reliable.

 

What's important is that you remember that the line between the OS and certain MS applications in Windows is sometimes rather vague. The problem is mainly with Internet Explorer and OS related gadgets like the .NET framework, Java VMs, etc. Don't try to put such apps on the same drive. Windows will make the newer one overwrite the older one, which may not be compatible with the OS, or which may be storing different parameters, and all hell will break loose. In other words, if you're using C: as what Microsoft perversely calls the "boot drive" for Win2000, where the built-in apps for Win2000 will be, don't try to install similar apps for Win XP there.

 

 

If yes, than can I install 2000 Server on the existing XP or I have to format my system and than again I have to install first 2000 server and than XP??

Yes.  I had Win2000 server and Win XP dual booting on the same machine for a while.  I can't answer your second question, though, because I had Win2000 Server on C: and the added Win XP on G:.  It's usually considered better to first install the older Windows on C:, and then the newer one on some other drive, but whether it's really necessary I don't know.  On older versions of Windows, it's safer and more reliable.

Thanks cassandra for your help. By your post it is clear that I can have both Winxp and 2000 server on my machine.

In our office we already have win98 and win2000 server on the same C drive on many machines. Although I know that it is better to install two O/S on difference drives. But by installing them on the same Drive saves a lot of time and space because we don't need two versions of every software.

 

But my one more question is still unanswered. Can I install Win2000 server after winxp that is already installed. I know the order of various O/S installation is Win95 > win98 > winNT > winXp but I am not sure about Win 2000 server and win xp which should be installed first???????

however, when windows xp is the first os installed on hard drive, then, windows 2000. you will have a note that after you have installed the windows 2000, you must repair the booting environment, otherwise the windows xp won't start.but if in invert to install the os, then, this step is not needed.here after, there is different with the post stated before.- hope this help

Can I install Win2000 server after winxp that is already installed.

No. Either WinXP has to be installed after all other current versions of Windows - I don't know about Vista - or, as magiccode9 suggests, you will have to repair the boot environment. In fact, for some reason, when I once tried to do what you seem to be suggesting, not only couldn't I enter WinXP from the main boot menu, for some reason I couldn't enter Win2K.

However, I'm pretty sure that it's not the order in which they are placed on the disk which creates the problem, but the order in which they are installed. I seem to remember that I have had working systems with WinXP on the first partition and Win2000 on the second.

i dont get why would you need to have XP and 98 but has some people have said above you can particionating the disc (for example C:/ and E:/ ) and installing a resion of windows on each particioni have use this but a partition my disc in two, in one particion y have windows XP ando on the other i have Linux of course you just cinfigure the bios tho start whith eathier particion you are using

You should have installed Windows 2000 first. I think perhaps you can install windows 2000 and then edit the BOOT. But I'm really sorry I don't know how.

So, unfortunately, Microsoft thinks that you follow the Microsoft history, and you install the newest version over the older one.So, if you install windows 2000 first, and then install windows XP, the Windows XP installer sees that there is an older version and does everything necessary in order to let you use the older or the newer.So, now I would say that you have two problems :1) first of all, do you know how to make a backup of your current Win XP installation ? If not, it's time to rush to try Ghost 10 and backup your XP system on CD or DVD.2) If your XP installation uses your whole physical drive, you will have to shrink the C: disk into two smaller ones, one partition including the current XP install, and a second for receiving Win2k server install. If you don't know how to do this, you should rush and obtain Partition Magic or one of it's competitors.Now comes the trick.a) You install Win 2000 server. The installer will ask you where to install it, you choose the empty partition. At this moment, at the end of the installation, you will have a single system able to boot, the Win 2k server.If you know how to modify the boot.ini file, good luck, it should work. I would personally do something else :Simply boot on your win XP CD. If you are lucky, you will be able to choose the "repair" installation, and the installer will repair the boot.ini file and create the dual-boot thing.If not, reboot just in order to see that Win2k is still working, nothing has been destroyed, and boot on the XP CD and make a basic install. This is a 2-hours job, which will destroy your previous winXP install ; no problem because you have a backup (by the way, it would be a good idea to have previously tested your backup on another machine). At the end of the very basic Win XP install, you will have a dual-boot situation, where you will be able to boot from your new Win2k system or from your new winXP system.c) Now comes the trick : restore your old WinXP backup on the partition where you previously had the new XP install. The old install with old your data will replace the new empy install.d) Now, you have a brand new system, with a dual-boot with the new Win 2000 server operating system and your old Win XP system with it's date.This a job I do very frequently. Every time I work carefully and do no mistake, I loose no data.However, in case of mistake, especially during the backup, if you do mistakes, you may loose your data. So, what I would also suggest is put on a CD or on a network server all your personal files (your Word files, your Excel spreadsheets, your personal pictures and all the programs you wrote by yourself). So, in case of general catastrophy, you will be able to restart on a brand new machine with all our precious data on a DVD.Hope this helpedYordan

You never did tell us why you wanted both XP and Server so I will go off on a tangent. Get a virtual machine application and run them both at the same time. You can run XP as your main OS and then run Windows Server 2000 inside XP when you need to. I have dual booted every combination that you can think of (XP, 2000, Linux, and every variation there of) and it is certainly possible but a virtual machine makes it so much easier. My primary need for multiple operating systems is software development and exploit analysis. If I develop an application in XP I can quickly start a 2000 virtual machine and make sure it also runs there.In my opinion VMWare is the best but it is not free. Microsoft offers Virtual PC for free and it is OK for Microsoft only operating systems. If you want to run a web server (I assume this is why you want Server 2000) then this is a perfect solution. Run Windows 2000 in the virtual machine and then minimize and forget.