This is because I use Boot Magic to hide these partitions because they are bootable primary partitions and would cause problems with another WIN9x OS if recognized. But W2K does see them because it reads their info. An important note to observe is that there is some confusion as to using multiple file systems on one drive. As you can observe, there is not a problem. Just remember that certain OS s only read specific file systems and so will not recognize certain partitions.
Lets get on to the issues.
This will be the System partition for NT and W2K. Decide if you want to install any lower level OS s such as DOS, Win 95 or 98. Have available a third party partitioning utility and a boot utility. I use Partition Magic and Boot Magic. But it will not work with the hidden partitions of either DOS or 9x OS s. I do have some additional programs loaded on the ME partition.