2K and Vista coexistance?

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  1. Sassa
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    Here is tutorial: Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
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  3. Leobelbas
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    This guide doesn't work for me. As I mentioned earlier, the partition is indicated as Unformatted or Damaged in Windows 2000 installation procedure, even though I just formatted it. So, no go...
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  4. Leobelbas
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    I'm desperate.... plz help... I even created an 7GB partition, thinking that the free space interferes with the installation but no... still the same....
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  6. sup3rsprt
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    are you saying that the Win2k installation disk will not allow you to format the hard disk? Even when there is 20GB unallocated space? (if you delete the 20GB partition using disk management, it will turn into 20GB unallocated space)

    don't format the disk in Windows Vista because it uses a newer version of NTFS than Win2K did.
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  7. wallyinnc
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    You might want to check also Vista Forums
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  8. Leobelbas
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    sup3rsprt said:
    are you saying that the Win2k installation disk will not allow you to format the hard disk? Even when there is 20GB unallocated space? (if you delete the 20GB partition using disk management, it will turn into 20GB unallocated space)

    don't format the disk in Windows Vista because it uses a newer version of NTFS than Win2K did.
    I did that.... no result...

    wallyinnc said:
    You might want to check also Vista Forums
    Please provide a direct link coz I can't search the whole crop for just a bug... LOL :P
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  10. ccatlett1984
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    your win2k install might not be able to read the 500gb drive correctly. especially if you have a sata drive setup as AHCI in the bios (dont change it unless you want your vista not to work.)

    you really should backup the stuff from your vista install and format the whole drive, using the w2k installer to partition the disk.

    or just run win2k in a virtual machine, seriously.
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