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Multiple OS Query

  • 21-02-2006 6:11pm
    #1
    monomaniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭


    I have 2 IDE 150 HDs installed on my system - one of them has XP Pro installed on it and the other is data only.

    I recently bought my first SATA drive and installed XP MCE on it. The boot files (ntldr etc) are still on the first IDE drive.

    My boot.ini file:
    [boot loader]
    timeout=10
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /FASTDETECT /NoExecute=OptIn

    I now have the situation where I want to unplug the first IDE drive as I'm no longer going to use XP Pro. My question is how do I go about transferring the boot files to the SATA drive?

    I have partition magic available to me. I saw someone mess this up recenly and I really want to avoid an OS re-install.

    Any advice would be appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    monomaniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭monomaniac


    Additionally - here's my setup in partition magic.

    pmagic.JPG


  • #3
    ntlbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭ntlbell


    monomaniac wrote:
    I have 2 IDE 150 HDs installed on my system - one of them has XP Pro installed on it and the other is data only.

    I recently bought my first SATA drive and installed XP MCE on it. The boot files (ntldr etc) are still on the first IDE drive.

    My boot.ini file:



    I now have the situation where I want to unplug the first IDE drive as I'm no longer going to use XP Pro. My question is how do I go about transferring the boot files to the SATA drive?

    I have partition magic available to me. I saw someone mess this up recenly and I really want to avoid an OS re-install.

    Any advice would be appreciated.

    boot.ini

    [boot loader]
    timeout=10
    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS
    [operating systems]
    multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

    copy this to the root of the sata disk

    boot up of the mce disk repair mode

    and do

    copy x:\i386\ntldr y:\
    copy x:\i386\ntdetect.com y:\

    change x: to your cd rom drive
    change y: to the root of your sata disk

    reboot and you should be good to go


  • #4
    monomaniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭monomaniac


    Cheers for the advice - I'll try that tonight.

    One last q - if I unplug the original IDE HD should my boot.ini file still have rdisk(2)partition(1)

    or should it be

    rdisk(1)partition(1)


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