Jemery76

Hi all - It looks like there is a lot of knowledge at this site, so perhaps someone has run into or has an idea for my problem. I want to dual boot win2000 and win98. I have two hard drives on IDE channel 0. drive c currently has win98 installed, and I would like to install win2000 to drive d, but when i try to install, i go to advanced options to change the default directory from \winnt to d:\winnt, but after i click OK, if i go back into advanced options, the d: is gone. If I try to continue the install, everything works smoothly until the first reboot, after which my computer refuses to do anything. the screen just blanks and nothing happens after the initial boot-up check. the only thing that has saved me is goback. anyhow, i don't know what is causing this or how to fix it. i also have norton systemworks 2000 installed (just antivirus and utilities). not sure if that has anything to do with it. Thanks for any help anyone can provide me, and sorry for the somewhat lengthy post.

Thanks for your replies, these seem like good suggestions. I have only one more question. In the past when I tried installing using the boot-up disks and the CD so I wouldn't install through Windows, when I got to the part where it asked what drive to install it on, I got a message saying it still needed to install some files to my C: drive, and that my C: drive did not contain a Win2000 compatible partition for it to install files to. Does this message sound right? And does it mean I would have to format my C: drive just to install win2k to my D: drive? If so, it doesn't seem worth the hassle. Thanks for all your help.

I have never seen the option to choose the drive before (I am doing the install from Windows), and I know I am choosing to do a clean install, not an upgrade. I'm having trouble figuring this out - if you need more information I will try to give it to you. Thanks for your help.