Re: Migrating 2 Operating Systems on dual-boot machine - Best Sequence??

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On Apr 5, 11:01 pm, "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That was what I was addressing. She can continue to run Win2000 after
installing XP provided that the Win98 license is eligible for upgrade to
Vista. The Win2000 license wouldn't be involved. The installation
methodology is at the convenience of the user so even though the XP upgrade
procedure is run from the Win2000 desktop to install on another drive, the
Win98 license can still be used as the superceded license. That way she can
continue to use Win2000 in her dual boot configuration.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:am8gv3h2d8cl21fke4ipobqscm2it6kh24@xxxxxxxxxx

On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:19:07 -0600, "Colin Barnhorst"
<c.barnho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It may be, Ken. The superceded license just has to be eligible for
upgrade
to XP. The Win98 license could qualify. It does not have to be part of
the
installation methodology to qualify either. It would have to meet the
eligiblilty rules which is why I asked the questions. He could have a
combination of Win98 preinstalled, Win2000 standard retail, and XP
upgrade
retail that would work for licensing. One scenario could be installation
of
Win2000 standard retail on C: and then XP upgrade on D: using the OEM
license for Win98 sitting on the shelf but eligible as the superceded
license for the XP upgrade even though the XP upgrade installer had been
run
from the Win2000 desktop.

There are lots of possible scenarios. I interpreted tzarina's question
as about upgrading the Windows 2000 installation to XP, and still
keeping 2000 running in a separate partition.

If my interpretation is wrong (possible, but I don't think so), then
of course it might be in conformance with the EULA.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 12:05:58 -0700 (PDT), tzarina
<tzar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Currently have the following configuration:
C: Windows 98 - FAT32
D: Windows 2000 Pro - FAT32

Desired configuration:
C: Windows 2000 Pro - NTSF - clean install
D: Windows XP Pro - NTSF - upgrade

You've already been told how, but I just wanted to add that what you
are planning is a licensing violation.

When you do an upgrade installation, the copy of Windows that you are
upgrading from becomes tied to the new version of Windows and is not
available for use by itself elsewhere (that's the reason that Upgrade
versions are less expensive than Full versions). So your copy of
Windows 2000 is not simultaneously available to install on C: and
upgrade from on D:.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience
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Thank you all for your kind assistance. And I do appreciate the
discussion on licensing.

All licenses involved are retail. In addition, I actually have 2
licensed copies of W2K Pro, of which only one has ever been used. The
XP license is an UPGRADE license.

As to the sequence of converting my drives from FAT32 to NTSF, will
there be any issues with the sequence of conversion? For example,
would converting C first, which has the only BOOT.INI, create a
problem for converting D second?

Thanks again for all the help.
.

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