Re: Dual boot two windows Xp pro

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From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:30:20 -0500

Hi, Calvin.

I don't know about mixing language versions. But booting two installations
of WinXP (English) is easy. WinXP Setup takes care of it automatically.
When Setup detects another WinXP (or Win2K, or Win9x/ME), it simply updates
C:\NTLDR and C:\NTDETECT.COM, and adds the new installation to C:\boot.ini,
with instructions as to which physical disk, partition and folder it is in.
My (uneducated) guess is that it would handle a different language version
of WinXP just as simply. No third party boot manager required.

Just be sure to put each WinXP installation in a separate volume (primary
partition or logical drive in an extended partition) on any physical drive
in your computer. And I suppose that you should install your main language
last so that C:\boot.ini will be using that language? (Hmmm... How do you
spell "boot.ini" in French? Or in Chinese?)

If you find out that I'm wrong, please post back for the benefit of others
with the same question.

RC 

-- 
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"Calvin C." <CChang@mjlm.com> wrote in message 
news:urwbKFjqEHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> To All,
> I have win xp english loaded on disk1 and another language of xp pro 
> loaded on disk2. both are ntfs formatted. how do I create a dual-boot 
> loader file on disk1 so that i can choose different copy of xp to start.
>
> Thanks
>
> Calvin

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