Dual boot with XP Home Edition

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Brad Rondeau

Hello, I recently bought a Compaq Presario notebook that
came with XP Home Edition. I need to run SQL Server on the
laptop. Since XP Home Edition will not support SQL Server
I need to install Window 2000 Server in a dual boot
scenario. I have done this many times with other Windows
Operating systems (I have never used XP Home Edition).
When I put in the Windows 2000 Server CD I get the
following message - "This CD-ROM is from an older version
of Windows than the one your are presently using. Setup
functionality from this disk will be disabled"

Does anyone know how I can set up this dual boot scenario?

Thanks - Brad
 
Anando - Excellent document. One problem I now have. The
document says to install Win2K into a seperate partition.
My Compaq note book has one 60gb C: partition. There is
about 50gb free although it is allocated to the C:
partition. Is there an easy way to carve away about 30gb
and create a D: partition? Then I can install Win2K in
the new partition.
 
The only way you can create, delete, resize or merge existing partitions,
and not harm your existing Windows installation, is to purchase and use
a third-party partitioning program such as Partition Magic 8.
http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/pmdetails.cfm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Anando - Excellent document. One problem I now have. The
| document says to install Win2K into a seperate partition.
| My Compaq note book has one 60gb C: partition. There is
| about 50gb free although it is allocated to the C:
| partition. Is there an easy way to carve away about 30gb
| and create a D: partition? Then I can install Win2K in
| the new partition.
 
OK, I'll check out bootitNG. It looks like I can download
this product. Is it free? My problem right now is that
my "latest and greatest" laptop comes without a floppy
drive. I'll have to figure something out since bootitNG
will probably need to boot from a floppy.
 
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