Re: Dual boot 2 iterations of XP
From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:01:19 GMT
Assuming the OP has free space to create a partition, a real XP CD and not a
restore disk and there is no hidden image on the back half of the disk.And
he has the laptop drivers needed.
SJ
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> 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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