Re: Dual boot 2 iterations of XP

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:13:13 -0400

Hi,

Boot with the WinXP CD, accept the license (do not press "r" to enter the
recovery console). You will be offered to repair the existing installation,
bypass this as well and choose a new installation. You should be able to use
the new installation (no need to activate if you don't plan on keeping it)
to recover data UNLESS you encrypted it (WinXP Pro only). You may need to
"take ownership" to recover some data. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Andy Shriver" <AndyShriver@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:03A151DC-7623-42B4-BF00-9FBF79AA627B@microsoft.com...
>I am working with a laptop that, after the desktop finishes loading, just
> sits and will not respond to any commands to launch programs. Spyhunter &
> Ad-Aware scans run in safe mode yeild no parasites. Norton AV 2002 will 
> not
> run, so, thinking it was corrupt, I managed to load Norton Internet 
> Security
> 2004. During the pre-load scan, no viruses turned up. I had previously 
> pulled
> quite a bit of spyware off the machine, thinking that would free up some
> resources, but very little has changed in terms of performance. If I put a
> 2nd intallation of XP on this unit, will I be able to salvage the data 
> from
> it (share it to another machine, perhaps) before I format and re-install? 
> If
> so, what is the best way to perform a dual - boot installation?

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