Install Windows without CD or Floppy drive

[bomber227]

Okay. I have 1 hard drive and 3 partitions.

Partition1-DELLUTILITY(*)
Partition2-my main hard drive(c
Partiton3:hard drive i use for media(e

I am currently running Windows XP on C:. I want to also run Windows 2000 on my computer, while still having XP as an option, or a dual boot. My CD drive and Floppy drive both do not function, so I downloaded a Win2k ISO image and want to install it from my hard drive. I've already downloaded Partition Magic and don't know what to do with it. I don't wanna play around with it too much because im afraid of damaging my computer.

Please help.

 

[Daily]

You need another partition to install it from...and if you format and make 4 partitions, you are going to loose all of your data..on everything.

I think that is the only way.

 

[17th Alley]

Im not sure, but i think that you need to create 1 more partition, install daemon tools, mount the image, and then install to ur new partition. Dont touch the other. You might have to install a boot loader. You might get expert help at www.computing.net, so try and make a thread there.

 

[bomber227]

Okay. I've already tried what you guys are telling me.The thing is that I get a message saying that a newer version of Windows is already on my system. I've heard on other forums that what I"m trying to do is possible. They just don't know how to do it themselves.

 

[dufferzzz]

urmm... install win 2k first then isntall xp on a diff partition,.... it will use windows' bootloader to load it. i did this with Vista and 3.1

 

[Blupig]

Couldn't you just install from a USB key? I did that on my old computer - linux+win2k