2 win operating systems on same computer?

[Tim]

I have added a hard drive and installed fresh W 2000Pro..I took the orignal
drive and made it a slave so I can get doc files...etc...from the drive from
W98.

I was surprised to see that the old drive was reconigizxed...I thouhgt you
could not have two different Windows operating systems on two drives in the
same computer ?

Are there any problems with leaving the second/old drive as is until I copy
all data or doc files from it..?..will the W98 operating system on the
second drive affect the setup and adding of programs...etc...to the new hard
drive with 2000Pro on it now ?

thanks,

 

[Andy]

How you install your fresh W2K Pro is very relevant.

If you took your old drive out and then install, you only
have one win2K (on your new C drive). If you then
reattach your old drive as slave, because of the drive
letter change, you will not be able to boot into that
window. But of course your new win2K will be able
to 'recognise' your slave old drive with all the files on
it.

If you just add your new drive and boot from CD, and
choose to do a fresh install without deleting the old
win2K partition, of course you come up with two win2K
installations.

It is possible to have as many win installation on your
system as you like, as long as you have enough partitions
on your hard disks.

Hope this clarifies your doubts.

-----Original Message-----
I have added a hard drive and installed fresh W 2000Pro..I took the orignal
drive and made it a slave so I can get doc

files...etc...from the drive from

W98.

I was surprised to see that the old drive was reconigizxed...I thouhgt you
could not have two different Windows operating systems on two drives in the
same computer ?

Are there any problems with leaving the second/old drive as is until I copy
all data or doc files from it..?..will the W98 operating system on the
second drive affect the setup and adding of

programs...etc...to the new hard