Hello,
I think it might be time for me to load my copy of XP Pro, which has been sitting on my desk for 3 years.
I built my machine with a striped RAID for Win2K and it's worked faultlessly but some of the NEWER audio softwares might benefit from running on XP.

I have 220 GB unallocated space and I'm wondering if I can avoid reformatting my drives and losing Win2K and put XP on the unallocated space instead, to dual-boot with Win2K.

Is that possible ? I have no XP experience whatsoever. Check out Acronis and norton ghost to see if this is what you are looking for?Thanks, but I don't believe they are. I just want to know if I can run the XP install and direct it to the unallocated space without damaging my Win2K install. I'm not looking to image a drive or anything.You should be able to run the install just fine, but be aware that you may need your RAID drivers on a floppy disk in order for XP to recognize the array.
As ALWAYS, back up before you start.Cheers chaps. I'll do a bit of meditation and brace myself for it. Ta. You're welcome.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.Still BRACING. Should have enough courage by Sunday . I'm losing my nerve. I'm worried that I'm going to break my striped RAID.
How about I just put in another hard-drive and load XP onto that ? Could I still select which OS I wanted to boot into ? Also, would all my external audio hardware, currently running on Win2K Pro, be available to the new XP hard-drive ? I don't think you'll break your RAID array, just back up before you do anything and you can always rebuild it.
You could use another HDD for XP if you like - all the hardware will still WORK with both OSes assuming drivers are available and the harwdare is compatible (highly likely, if it works on Win2K).That's what I'll do then, and leave WIN2K to have the RAID drives to itself. I'd like to experiment but it would be a real SETBACK to have rebuild the RAID. XP can have a HDD of its own.
Cheers, Calum, much appreciated. I know these things instinctively but reassurance is invaluable. You're welcome.
Let us know how it goes.