Re: Dual boot XP Master HDD, M.E. Slave HDD same IDE 0 cable

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From: DRW (drw_at_drw.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:48:22 -0400

It's just a trial I downloaded (no manual). I will go to the site and see if
they have a support FAQ section.

 Thanks again,

Duane

"jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%23Tm6W2ktEHA.3188@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Your welcome, glad I was able to shed some light on the problem. The
> manaul
> should have a straight forward instruction on how to setup dual boot or
> multi-boot system. I never used it, since I prefer not to have multiple
> OS
> on my computer, rather just have multiple computers.
>
> Jeff
>
> "DRW" <drw@drw.com> wrote in message
> news:Ccydnabpo6h2UOjcRVn-og@rogers.com...
>> Thank you, that settles that. I have a trial version of Partition Magic I
>> have never run. Is it strait forward or should I leave well enough alone?
>>
>> Duane
>>
>> "jeffrey" <jeffrey@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:OkPb7nktEHA.200@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > The way you set up the HDD is not how you dual boot. You have to use a
>> > 3rd
>> > party software to setup multiple OS boot system. I know Partition
>> > magic
>> > is
>> > one of the programs you can use to create a dual boot system. Another
> if
>> > it
>> > still exists was System Commander. Just slaving another drive with an
> OS
>> > on
>> > it will not make a dual boot computer.
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> >
>> > "DRW" <drw@drw.com> wrote in message
>> > news:eL6dncN8yKHYVejcRVn-rg@rogers.com...
>> >> I have installed a new HDD, made it the master and installed XP
> pro.
>> >> I
>> >> switched the old drive to slave which has M.E. on it. I thought I
>> >> would
>> > get
>> >> the screen to pick which OS I wanted to boot to but it just boots to
> XP.
>> > The
>> >> old drive shows in "My Computer" as "D" but I can't boot to it. In the
>> >> "Start-up and Recovery" the default OS is XP and M.E. doesn't show.
> This
>> > is
>> >> the first time I have tried to dual boot and have read the info on the
>> > MSKB
>> >> which mainly refers to using 2 partitions on the same drive. I have
> also
>> >> googled all day but can't find this exact situation. Is what I'm
>> >> trying
>> >> to
>> >> do possible without formatting the M.E. drive (has all my files on
>> >> it).
>> > BTW
>> >> XP is formatted NTFS.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance,
>> >>
>> >> Duane
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>