Setting up WinXP MCE on separate partition

[rluka]

Hi all

Please let me know if this is the proper forum for this question. I just purchased a Gateway Notebook

with WinXP Media Center installed. I would like to be able to install another copy of this operating system onto another partition. The problem is this: My laptop comes with a complete windows install CD but it will only boot automatically to Drive C and act as a repair disc. I phoned Gatway and they said that it was possible but because of warrenty issues they wouldnt tell he how it could be done. When the disc is installed everything is done automatically so I cant make any choices at bootup.

Anyone here know how to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks..Ron L (rluka)

[MrGuy]

Does your HD have two partitions now? I'm not familiar with gateway recovery discs, sounds like a customized disc. If you had a XP OEM disk, you could get to the installation, repair, re-installation area of setup. Then you would have partition options for installation.