Re: Dual bott XP Home to XP Home


"Michael Zelvis" <Michael Zelvis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
>

Can you boot into the other WinXP installation?


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