Any known issues with dualbooting winME and win2k?

[skeeteroplagus 0]

I dont know if this is just bad luck, but ever since i started dual booting win2k and winME, my win2k partition has been acting up. It seems that just about every week i have to reinstall win2k because of win2k files getting corrupted. I never had this problem when i ran win2k alone either. I am using the NT bootloader also, and have winME on my C and win2k on my D. Both partitions are FAT32 as well. Any input would be appreciated.

thanks,

skeet

[CM 1]

No problems here so far. I have Windows ME on C (FAT32) and Windows 2000 Pro on D (NTFS5).

 

Maybe you install Win2000 on a NTFS partition?

[skeeteroplagus 0]

I was thinking about using NTFS w/ win2k then maybe that would stop any communication between the 2 partitions.. I might give that a try..

[orpon 0]

I'm dualbooting WinMe and Win2k Pro on the same partition without any problems . . and since Me wont work with ntfs I am using fat32 . .

[Four and Twenty 0]

I have a dual boot with winme on c: and 2k on d: and i once had whistler on e:

c: = fat32

d: = ntfs

e: = ntfs

 

I use ntfs for win 98 in win me to access the data on the d: and e: drives

 

I have had no problems that i can attribute to my multi boot setup

 

My guess is that you have some type of virus or software that is corupting your win2k files

 

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My System

Dell Demension XPS T500

Dual Boot

Windows 2000 Pro 2195

Windows Millennium Final

PIII @ 500 Mhz (with after market heatsink and dual fan)

256 Megs Ram

TNT2 Ultra Graphics Card

Matrox Millennium PCI (for second monitor)

3Com 10/100 Ethernet Card

3Com 56k Modem

12.6 Gig IBM HD

40X CD Rom Drive

100 Mb Zip Drive

MS Explorer Mouse

MS Natural Keyboard Pro

[SplEEb 0]

Ditto,

 

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[sapiens74 0]

I dual boot same config as well no problems at all. I leave all Fat32 tho to make it easier to access drives in ME.. Get tired of rebooting to get to an NTFS volume..although you prol would benefit from using it if you have multiple drives