Re: Dual bott XP Home to XP Home

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Michael Zelvis wrote:

hey gus, i have recently been trying to dual boot 2 (xp home)'s wikthout any success. I have 2 HDD's and here are its specs.
My Maxtor 120GB HDD (The one i am trying to boot with but no luck)
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model Maxtor 6Y120P0
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 1
Sectors/Track 63
Size 114.50 GB (122,942,324,736 bytes)
Total Cylinders 238,216
Total Sectors 240,121,728
Total Tracks 3,811,456
Tracks/Cylinder 16
Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
Partition Size 114.50 GB (122,942,292,480 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes

And here is the one i am on now (C:/)
Description	Disk drive
Manufacturer	(Standard disk drives)
Model	SAMSUNG SP0411N
Bytes/Sector	512
Media Loaded	Yes
Media Type	Fixed hard disk
Partitions	1
SCSI Bus	0
SCSI Logical Unit	0
SCSI Port	0
SCSI Target ID	0
Sectors/Track	63
Size	37.31 GB (40,057,113,600 bytes)
Total Cylinders	4,870
Total Sectors	78,236,550
Total Tracks	1,241,850
Tracks/Cylinder	255
Partition	Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size	30.26 GB (32,489,823,744 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset	32,256 bytes

The problem i am having s that-
+I boot from the XP Boot disk
+It install fine and reboots as norml
+Now at the start up the is a boot screen asking which XP i wanted, this only stays up for about half a second and goes into the one that was highlighted (which so happens to be the one that i am trying to install) but sits at a blank screen.
+Just sits at a blank screen
+I restart from the first point but still doesnt work.

I would really appreciate you help guys. i am trying to start up a website that deals with money and Digital animation, but this is running slow on the HDD that i have now thanks to the processes running on it like Coldfusion MX 7.

Kindest Regards
Michael Zelvis

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