Is Dual-Booting worth it?

I was thinking about dual-booting Windows 2000 with my XP MCE OS, but I don't see any benefits of doing it besides resource management for games. Win2k uses less resources and would run games better, right? Most people here seem to dual-boot a version of Windows with a non-Windows, but unfortunately I don't have Linux, or Solaris, etc. Compared to you guys I'm probably just a casual user who doesn't need an OS like Linux.

Because I have the capability to do so now, I was wondering if it's worth it to dual-boot XP MCE with another version of Windows. I have Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, and XP Pro (old version).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I had Windows 2000 on my old PC, it always ran perfect, never crashed or gave me any major errors that forced a reinstallation. My new PC came with Windows MCE already on it, and the funny thing is I've had to reinstall it three times already in less than a month. It came out the box with problems I had to fix. Windows Media Center has got to be the most sensitive OS there is, but I really enjoy using it. If I were to dual-boot Windows 2000 I probably would never use it unless I planned on playing games all day, or had a critical problem with MCE.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Earlier today I tried dual-booting by installing Windows 2000 on my other drive. I've been unsuccessful for the most part.

1. Installed Windows 2000 on D:\ [MCE on C:\].
- WinMCE broke. Only gave a Win2k error message.
2. Reinstalled Windows MCE on C:\ [2k still on D:\].
3. Added Win2k to boot.ini [D:\="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"]
- Both systems ran when I tested them.
4. Reinstalled all my programs and updates on MCE.
- Win2k broke. Now it restarts my PC when I chose it from the boot menu.

EDIT: Nevermind I fixed it. Everything is working fine now.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I read about how you should always install the older OS first, so I wasn't supprised when MCE broke. I hate having to reinstall an OS but this was worth it, finally everything is working the way I want it. Theres still some problems with finding drivers for 2000, but at least my games are working and I have the internet on it. Windows 2000 uses about a 3rd of the resources MCE does so I was able to test run World of Warcraft at maxed settings. Now I'm thinking about trying this VMWare Virtual Machine. Does it hog alot of resources to swap OSs without rebooting? Like if I'm running MCE then decide to get on 2000 to play a game, will MCE still be running in the background?


By the way, to get Windows 2000 working again I had to edit the boot.ini file(s). It took me several tries before I found the right string.
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[boot loader]
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
timeout=5
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Media Center Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
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