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[...]... more information about VMWare at http://www vmware.com Figure 1-2 shows a Windows 2000 system running Windows 98 in one window with Windows ME in a second window Figure 1-2 This system is using VMWare to run Windows 98 and Windows Me concurrently on a Windows 2000 Professional platform Setting up a dual-boot system -Windows 9x Setting up a dual-boot system is easy, but you should take some time to back... with Windows 9x See Section 1.6, "Clone your original OS for a dual-boot system," to configure a system for dual-boot with Windows NT and Windows 2000 10 | Chapter 1: Installing and Booting Windows 2000 1.5 Create a dual-boot configuration VMWare is an alternative to a dual-boot system An alternative for Windows NT users that can help you avoid potential problems and enable you to install Windows 2000. .. that Windows 2000 is using all processors in the system 1.5 Create a dual-boot configuration If necessary, you can retain your existing Windows 9x or Windows NT operating system and boot Windows 2000 as well (called a dual-boot system) A dual-boot system is particularly useful if you need to run applications that won't run under Windows 2000 or want to retain your existing configuration and run Windows. .. as tips on setting up a dual-boot system and avoiding the need to reinstall all your applications for a clean install 1.1 Create Setup diskettes to install Windows 2000 or the Recovery Console 1.1 Create Setup diskettes to install Windows 2000 or the Recovery Console The Windows 2000 Setup diskette set enables you to install Windows 2000 on systems that can't access the CD-ROM drive without a driver,... under Windows 2000 If at all possible, create another partition to contain Windows 2000 There's one other potential snag as well Setup won't install Windows 2000 as a dual-boot option if Windows NT is present You'll need to clone your existing copy of Windows NT and then upgrade the installation, leaving the cloned copy as your NT installation The following procedure explains how to set up a dual-boot... Windows 2000 installation that incorporates all your application and customized OS settings You can upgrade Windows 9x or Windows NT Workstation to Windows 2000 Professional, or upgrade Windows NT Server to Windows 2000 Server Both of the next two procedures require that you replace several instances of a given string in the registry For example, you need to change all instances of C: \Windows in the Windows. .. C: \Windows with C:\Win9x This "refocuses" the registry to the current Windows folder, which is \Win9x 10 Modify the copy of msdos.sys in the root folder again to restore the values of WinDir and WinBootDir to C: \Windows 11 Restart the system to boot the copy of Windows in \Windows 12 Insert the Windows 2000 CD and perform an upgrade This will upgrade the copy of Windows 9x in the \Windows folder to Windows. .. and Booting Windows 2000 1.4 Only one CPU shows up in a multiprocessor system Figure 1-1 Device Manager lists the type of system driver in use under the Computer node 6 Boot Windows 2000 after installation and use the methods described earlier in this section to verify that Windows 2000 is using all processors in the system Change system driver The best solution is to reinstall Windows 2000, particularly... copy of Windows 2000 in a new folder, and then use it to install the Recovery Console Creating boot diskettes Follow these steps to create the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disk set: 1 Have four high-density diskettes on hand 2 Boot the system and open a command console 3 Change to the \Bootdisk folder on the Windows 2000 CD 4 Execute the program makeboot.exe if you're running DOS, Windows 3.x, or Windows. .. Click the Startup Disk tab then click Create Disk Insert the Windows 9x CD when prompted and follow the remaining instructions to create the boot diskette You can use this diskette to boot the system if you have problems with the Windows 2000 installation 4 Run Windows 2000 Setup from the Windows 2000 CD or Setup disks and install Windows 2000 to a new folder on the same partition as or a different . Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/qfwin2000. ISBN: 0-5 9 6-0 001 7-0 [M] Table of Contents Preface xiii 1. Installing and Booting Windows 2000 1 1.1 . state can cer- tainly change. Sometimes the problem and its solution are simple; some- times they are not. Windows 2000 Quick Fixes targets a selection of common problems, first- time tasks,. diskettes to install Windows 2000 or the Recovery Console The Windows 2000 Setup diskette set enables you to install Windows 2000 on systems that can't access the CD-ROM drive without a