My HP came with Windows ME, which is a poor OS for the programs I run, but since the software was bundled and not given to me in a box, I had to keep ME to run some of the hardware on the computer. I put in Partition Magic and loaded Win2000Professional. It took me a while to switch over from using ME most of the time, and a nasty visit from the SirCam virus necessitated formating my hard drive and reinstalling everything. When I formatted the drive and installed things I did a better job of it and the OS's worked the way I wanted them to, including naming the other drives (CD R-RW, DVD, Zip) in a logical manner.

I shut the computer down and reboot rather than do a warm switchover from one operating system to another. Nothing I'm doing necessitates a quick changeover. WinME is so dense it doesn't have a clue that Win2000 is there. Win2000 knows there is another OS on the disk, but won't boot it if I select it. I set Boot Magic to default to Win2000 after 30 seconds. I haven't updated the Partition Magic to the newest version that recognises XT. I don't plan to switch any time soon.

SRS