- Oct 17, 2005
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Hello-
My 300gb maxtor diamondmax10 hard drive currently has 6 different partitions:
Partition 1 is 10gb and has my main OS (Windows XP) in it. This is my C: drive.
Partition 2 is 10gb and it is empty, for future full OS install. This is my D: drive.
Partition 3 is 10gb contains windows Vista beta. This is my E: drive.
Partition 4 is 20gb and I use it to install applications. This is my F: drive
Partition 5 is 80gb and I use it to install games. This is my G: drive
Partition 6 is about 180gb and I use it for video editing and storing music. This is my H: drive.
I want to install a new OS, which is windows 2000(sp4 integrated), onto my Partition 2 (which would be my D: Drive). However, Windows XP will not let me install windows 2000 directly from XP because the setup complains that windows 2000 is a lower version than windows XP. -However, This isn't the problem.
Heres my problem:
When I instead try to setup windows 2000(SP4 integrated) from the blue setup screen, Windows 2000 setup does not detect the different partitions I have created. It instead detects the hard drive as a full 137GB Hard drive with Windows XP installed in it.
As you can see from my partition 3, I had no problems installing Windows Vista on Drive E: because unlike the windows 2000 setup, windows vista was able to detect my full hard drive and my different partitions from setup.
So how do I install Windows 2000 on my D: drive?
My 300gb maxtor diamondmax10 hard drive currently has 6 different partitions:
Partition 1 is 10gb and has my main OS (Windows XP) in it. This is my C: drive.
Partition 2 is 10gb and it is empty, for future full OS install. This is my D: drive.
Partition 3 is 10gb contains windows Vista beta. This is my E: drive.
Partition 4 is 20gb and I use it to install applications. This is my F: drive
Partition 5 is 80gb and I use it to install games. This is my G: drive
Partition 6 is about 180gb and I use it for video editing and storing music. This is my H: drive.
I want to install a new OS, which is windows 2000(sp4 integrated), onto my Partition 2 (which would be my D: Drive). However, Windows XP will not let me install windows 2000 directly from XP because the setup complains that windows 2000 is a lower version than windows XP. -However, This isn't the problem.
Heres my problem:
When I instead try to setup windows 2000(SP4 integrated) from the blue setup screen, Windows 2000 setup does not detect the different partitions I have created. It instead detects the hard drive as a full 137GB Hard drive with Windows XP installed in it.
As you can see from my partition 3, I had no problems installing Windows Vista on Drive E: because unlike the windows 2000 setup, windows vista was able to detect my full hard drive and my different partitions from setup.
So how do I install Windows 2000 on my D: drive?