Help needed with setting up Win2k server on my secondary hard drive. Primary runs Win Xp

[adlep]

Well, it sounds easy but it is really not.
I want to preserve my informations on Win XP, and Win 2000 server setup bitches that the file system is incompatible and then it wants to reformat my C: drive (which contains Windows XP + all my data)....
Is there any other way to install win 2k server...?
I can disconnect the primary hard drive, and install Windows 2000 server on secondary hdd, but later on how do I let win 2k know that there is another OS installed?
Help?
Also, if windows 2000 bitches about file system being incompatible then it means that every new release on NT kernel based Operatin System contains also a new release of NTFS, which is incompatible with previous version of Windows....Bad...

My disk config:
1. IBM DeskStar 40 Gb runnig one 40 Gb NTFS partition, and Windows XP
2. Maxtor 30 Gb hdd running one 14 Gb NTFS partition(or whatever works with windows 2000 server). The rest of the drive is free waiting for linux Mandrake which will be installed @ the end.
Help?

 

[obenton]

If your MB BIOS permits selection of IDE1 Master (D as boot device, you might be able to boot w2k that way. w2k will be unable to read the XP drive, and will presumable place its boot files on its own system drive (D.

 

[adlep]

But Why?
Damm I couldnt install Win 2k earlier (before XP) because I couldnt afford a secondary hard drive.....
Maybe this could help me out?
This
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I really need some feedback on this, before I will do/try something stupid, I think it is an interesting problem too...
Anyhow I will let you all know what happended.
Any extra feedback would be great!

 

[obenton]

A propriety boot loader would likely work OK as long as it can read XP's NTFS file system. One thing to keep in mind is that NT versions are intolerant of drive letter changes - whatever the drive letter is when w2k is installed (likely would be C:, since XP's partition won't be read), it must be the same when it is booted.