Re: New XP install keeping dual boot

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From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 15:44:27 +0100

Guille wrote:

>I have 2 (physical) HD's:
>
>1- WinMe
>2- WinXP Home Ed.
>
>As I never use Win Me (1st HD) I'd like to replace it with a new install of
>WinXP.
>I'd like to do a clean install (even formatting).
>Would I be able to keep the dual boot so instead of giving me the options
>WinME/WinXP it would give me WinXP/WinXP?
>Can I have some help on that as I don't want to lose the dual boot?

I would do this by starting with a clean install on that ME disk (which
is where the initial boot is), then when the install is complete, set up
the dual. Set BIOS to boot CD before HD, then boot the XP CD direct.
Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install. When it
asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the current (ME)
partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one

Carry on and complete Setup. Once done and checked, boot the CD again.
This time reconstruct the Boot.ini file, by entering the R for recovery
instead of he Setup, and at the prompt give

ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini
BootCfg /Rebuild

This will search the disks for instances of Windows and make the new
dual boot file 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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