Re: Dual bott XP Home to XP Home



Yes i can boot into it but it sits at a blank screen disallowing me to
continue installing XP on it.

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "Michael Zelvis" <Michael Zelvis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5DA106E6-A11E-4B95-BC70-2985A26A30F3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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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