Dual booting with XP and 2000

ribbet · 06-13-2006, 08:43 AM

I'm trying to create a dual booting system with Windows 2000 Pro and XP Pro. I installed 2000 and then a preconfigured Windows 2000 image, followed by XP and everything works fine. Unfortunately, when I load the XP image, I can get to the login screen and log in, but then nothing else loads besides a blank screen. The image by itself works fine but while loaded with 2000 it does not.

Any suggestions/has this happened to anyone else?

Alvin.C · 06-13-2006, 11:01 AM

Hello,

Can you boot into Windows XP Safe Mode?

ribbet · 06-13-2006, 03:33 PM

Hi,

Yes, I can.

Osiris · 06-13-2006, 03:46 PM

tell us how you went about this

ribbet · 06-13-2006, 03:59 PM

First, I partioned the 80GB HDD into two sections, C: being 35GB and D: being the remainder. On C: (Primary) I installed Windows 2000 and a pre-tested, working Windows 2000 image. I then installed Windows XP on D: (Logical) and everything worked fine as well. Then when I installed a pre-tested, working Windows XP image, I can only go as far as logging in. After that I only see a blank screen and nothing further loads. I can, though, boot into XP safe mode.

Osiris · 06-13-2006, 08:16 PM

I think it might have something to do with how the image is mounted...have you tried installing xp from scratch instead of the image?

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