Question about AMD and win2k/nt

[aka_nelly]

Hi,
my freind is into cad and wants me to set him up with a system. I have always used AMD boards due to cost and the fact that i am mainly a gamer. I was thinking of dual-booting win2k and winxp. ny questiuons are....how stable are amd boards (prolly a soyo dragon lite-KT333) with win2k and anyone know where a tutorial exists on dualbooting winxp and win2k? i've built alot of machines, but always just one os and always win9x or xp latley...any help greatly appreciated.
Nelly

[lil Jimmie]

I'm not familar with that board, but a dual boot of 2K and XP should be no problem, just to keep it simple install 2K first then XP and you should be fine.

[aka_nelly]

thanks jimmy,
do i partition the hd into 2 equal parts? if so...is there anything else i need to know? partitons/active etc....
Nelly

[lil Jimmie]

It will depend on what will be installed on each OS, but I would go with 5 gig for 2K and between 10-15 gig for XP as it has a greater need for space. Then leave the rest of HDD space for backups, apps, mp3's and such.

[crjdriver]

I am running just what you asked about [xp pro and win2k pro] on an Epox 8K5A2+ with an Ati 9000 pro video card and AMD 1900+. It is so stable that I have not been able to make it crash. I cannot say enough good things about Epox boards.
You will need to install each os into its own partition. You will need to install apps twice; once under each os. It is ok to install the apps to the same folder i.e. install office twice into E:\MSoffice.
I like to keep everything separate so I use two separate installations of everything. It’s not very efficient, however if one messes up I still have the other app.
Do install win2k first [unlike me who had to do a repair of xp] it makes things easier.