Hot to Install two windows on same partition
Today im gonna tell you how to install two windows on the same hard drive, and what is more interesting they will be on the same partition. I just did a test by my self, because i was not sure about this. I did install a windows home and a windows professional on my c:\.
Do do this i would first recommend to edit your boot.ini file on your PC. It can be done in many ways but it can be dont easily by pressing the windows key on you keyboard + R. The run box will be shown so please write “notepad c:\boot.ini” without the quotes and press OK. Please note that if you have other partition set as active (primary), you should write that drive letter instead of c:. However if you don’t understand this, you can simple forget what have you read in this paragraph and watch the video on the end of the article. Now copy paste the line:
“multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT”
and edit the \windows to \winhome and also check the test Microsoft XP Professional to HOME so the line should look like this:
“multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINHOME=”Microsoft Windows XP HOME” /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT”
Now insert the installation CD, the win XP home edition on my case but you can istall in the same way two xp pro if you like. Restart your PC and make sure you boot from window’s CD/DVD disc.
Now it will ask you to press any key, so do like it ask you. The windows setup start soon and during the setup please choose as following:
1. Pres Enter to run the setup
2. Press F8 to accept the EULA
3. Choose the partition where you want to install (of course the same partition where your current WIN is installed)
4. Dont format the drive simple choose “Let the partition …. ” bla bla bla i cant remember now
5. It will ask you to press C on keyboard to continue
6. It will ask you to choose the installation path, and now you should press ESC
7. The last step is to rename the path from \WINDOWS to \WINHOME and press enter
8. Now just continue to follow the wizard normally, and within 25 minutes your second windows installation will be ready on the same partition. You can choose which win you wanna boot during the PC restart.
Note: If you want simply to install another windows, but the same version (not PRO & HOME but HOME & HOME or PRO & PRO), just rename the every single WINHOME text on this article with WIN2 and thats all.
If you want to downgrade the Windows PRO (professional) to HOME edition, this article wont help you, in fact thats not even possible so dont waste your time, however you may try bu editing the registry values of your windows xp to the lowest home version, and that choose upgrade install using windows. I have not tried it, and i wont try it because may be simply waste of time.Now here is a video how to edit your boot.ini easily
And now something off topic this video was recorded without any software at all, thanks to a beautiful web site ScreenToaster.com . Using a java applet you are able to record anything from a full screen desktop or fron a specific rectangle spot which you have to select. The recording can be started and stopped easily with ALT+s shortcut. When you’ll finish the recording you can save it as .mov or .swf video, or simply upload it directly to YouTube by entering you youtube ID and password or simply upload it to your screentoaster account.
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