How do i install OEM operating system?

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i recently purchased an OEM copy of xp home edition. how do i go about installing it on a hard drive that ive already used and has windows 2000 pro on it? i believe i have to repartition my hard drive? i was told the OEM software expects to be installed on a new unpartitioned drive, or something along those lines. please help.

2.6 athlonXP
radeon 9500pro
1024mb
asus a7n8x deluxe

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i have never installed the home edition, only pro.

but the boot process should be the same. go into your bios for your mobo and set your cd-rom drive to boot first. and away you go!

good luck solider!

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I would like to assume the following

You have win2k loaded on C drive
You have a local D or E, etc, drive (ie, you hard drive is portioned into smaller drives)

In which case, when installing XP you will be asked where to install to. Choose D drive (or wherever you can, on a local hard drive) and continue as normal. XP will add itself to your boot loader and will appear when you start your machine. There by giving you a choice as to which OS to start

The drive you install to does not have to be a newly formatted drive (ie, you can have what ever you like on it previous to installing XP) as long as you have enough space for XP (3

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Sorry what I put before could confuse

Should have made myself a little clearer

To run 2 OS’s you need 2 drive PARTITIONS, not drives as I stated previously

JF

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Actually you can have 2 differant OS’s on seperate drives but the boot loader should be installed on the first drive (ie: C:). This is a solution for those with limited hard drive space.

I run XP Pro on drive C:// and Mandrake Linux on drive F:// (D:// and E:// are my CDR and DVD). I installed LILO (Linux Loader) on my C:// MBR (Master Boot Record) and now get OS options on boot.

If you screw the install you can always go into repair mode from your boot CD as long as you remember to set the BIOS (hit DELETE key on boot to enter BIOS) to boot from the CD drive and not the hard drive. Once you successfully installed the other OS make sure to set your BIOS back to booting first from the hard drive.

Also another tip is for security to set your BIOS password. It makes it more difficult for a hacker/thief to crack your system if they can’t access the BIOS to boot from floppy or a CD.