"Newgene McMensa" newgene.mcmensaREMOVEREMOVEgmail.com wrote in message ...
I say technically because any time I need to escape doing any home repairs, I slip into the special brain center where all the latest 15-year old computers and software are buzzing away.

Anyways.... this old computer has Win2000 on it and I have to keep it for running one proprietary program.

I just picked up "new" OEM versions of XP and 7, that would like to load on the same computer, so that I can boot to any one of them without screwing up the other two.

Any pointers on where to look or super E-Z advice to follow?

Snuffy

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Thank all of you fine folks for the advice and bringing back memories of what tinkering around with old systems can lead to. Best for me is to leave this system alone, and pick up another old PC with XP or 7. That's exactly what I did 23 years ago when I bought my first post-TI 99/4A and Commodore computer -- picked up a "state of the art" system with a huge 1GB hard drive, Win 95, Autocad 13, Office, etc. Seems like it was around $600 from college student.

Time flies, doesn't it.