NT 4.0 NTFS dualboot with Win2000 Pro NTFS?

[BusinezGuy]

I know I am not able to dual boot an NTFS partition with a FAT partition. I was wondering if I was able to dual boot NT 4.0 Server with Windows 2000 Professional, which would also have NTFS. I know that Windows 2000 has a different version of NTFS. Would that effect either/both operating systems?

 

[Dantendo]

Both Windows 2000 and Windows NT4 can get along nicely, and you can have multiple installations of each (so long as each is on a separate partition) if you desire. There can be problems mind:

• If you're using NTFS with Windows NT, you must install Service Pack 4 or later before you install Windows 2000. Windows 2000 uses a new version of NTFS (NTFS 5.0) that adds several new features. The original release of WinNT can not read or write this version, but SP4 contains an updated Ntfs.sys driver that enables Windows NT 4 to read and write NTFS 5 volumes. When you install Windows 2000, it converts all mounted NTFS volumes to the new format.

• If your PC is part of a domain, each installation of Windows NT and Windows 2000 must use a different computer name.

If you install Windows 2000 on a system that already has Windows NT on it and if they system has existing volume sets, stripe sets, stripe sets with parity, or mirror sets, you must import the disk configuration so that Windows 2000 can access those volumes. To do so:

1. In Windows NT, use Disk Administrator to save the disk configuration to a floppy disk. (In Disk Administrator, choose Partition > Configuration> Save)

1. After you install Windows 2000, use Disk Management to import the configuration. (In Disk Management, choose Action > Restore Basic Disk Configuration).

 

[BusinezGuy]

Wow, thank you very much for your reply. That is certainly all of the information I needed. 🙂