With the used computers on ebay going for $ 100 or less and a licensed
versionof windows on it, I would just get another comuter.

I don't think he;s going to find a PC on Ebay with three different
OS's installed and ready to boot.


Keep the old laptop and its old operating system Win 2000 ?
to use exclusively with the one old program that requires it ...
hardware failure might be near anyway and messing around with
partitions and dual-boot conflicts etc might prove regretful
Buy a much newer used laptop for everything else - that was my
first thought also.
My Lenovo T500 was $ 140. 2 years ago - works great.
John T.