Re: Multiboot

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How can I get Windows XP to 'recognize' that Win95 is installed on
another
hard drive and to give me the option of which version to boot at
startup?

It depends. Please report the following:
- Is WinXP installed on an NTFS or on a FAT32 partition?
- Did Win95 run off drive C: or off some other drive?

WinXP is on FAT32
Booting from Win95 - Win95 is on C: and XP on D:
Booting from XP - XP is on C: and Win95 on D:

They are on 2 seperate physical drives.

This is not a straightforward issue. If you modify the WinXP
boot menu to point it at the Win95 disk then Win95 would run
under drive letter D:, which would cause you lots of problems.
You have these options:
a) Run Win95 off drive letter D: and ignore the problems.
You do this by adding the following line to the hidden
file c:\boot.ini:
D:\="Microsoft Windows 95"
b) Get into the BIOS and swap the two disks each time you
wish to change from one OS to the other. Not all BIOSs
have this facility.
c) Install a boot manager such as XOSL. It will solve all your
problems but you would have to learn how to use it. It's free.

Post again if you choose option c) and need more details.


What I have being doing is option b) - swappng the disk every time. I will
try option a) - I only have 1 or 2 programs I use on it anyway. How do I
modify the WinXP boot menu?

Run this command via the Start / run button:

notepad c:\boot.ini


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