Dual Boot - Installing 2000 after XP

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From: Sean (seanf90_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/16/04 

Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:12:28 -0700

I have a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop.
2.4 GHz
512 Mb RAM
DVD/CD Burner

It has 60 GB in 2 partitions on the hard drive.
XP is installed in partition 1.
I want to install 2000 server in partition 2.

I know you are supposed to install 2000 first but its too
late for that.
I know about the workaround steps - backing up ntdlr and
ntdetect.com from the XP partition and then reapplying
after installing 2000.

The problem is that I cannot get the 2000 install CD to be
recognised as bootable.
I have set the CD as the boot device and it is ignored
when the 2000 cd is in but OK if I try to boot from an XP
cd.
I have tried manually selecting boot device also (this is
a menu option during Dell laptops startup).
There is nothing wrong with the 2000 cd - it is recognised
as bootable by a machine already running 2000
(professional).

I tried booting from 2000 boot floppies.
Doesnt work.
The first step is 'loading files (machine identification)'
and it always hangs there (left it for 8 hours!)
Booting from an XP bootable floppy works OK so it should
be possible.

Is there any hack for getting a 2000 install CD to be
recognized as bootable on a machine which already has XP?

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