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


I edited the file, adding what you stated, but I now have the problem
that
when I select Win95, it comes up with an error
'%systemroot%\system32\[file]
is missing or is corrupted'. I copied a whole lot of files as it said,
but
it
won't boot properly. It boots fine when the drive is selected from the
BIOS.
Any ideas?

It is impossible to diagnose your problem unless you post
the full contents of your boot.ini file.


I actually read your post wrong, and this is what it said when I first
posted the error message:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" \fastdetect \noexecute=optin
D:\Windows="Microsoft Windows 95"

which came with error message: '%systemroot%\system32\[file]
is missing or is corrupted'.

Then I changed it to say:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" \fastdetect \noexecute=optin
D:\="Microsoft Windows 95"

And when I select Win95 from the screen, it restarts.


Here is how you can resolve this issue. Remember that you will
have problems with this method because your Win95 drive
letter will be incorrect. Your numerous .ini files in the Windows
folder would all be wrong, same as dozens or hundreds of
registry entries. Using a proper boot manager would be a far
better option.

1. Remove the Windows 95 reference from boot.ini.
2. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
3. Run these commands:
sys c:
(This will make drive C: bootable for Win95)
bootpart Win95 c:\win95.sys "Windows 95"
(This will create a Win98 boot sector on drive C:. It will also
create an appropriate entry in boot.ini).
bootpart winnt boot:c:
(This will restore the WinXP boot sector)
4. Make the hidden file c:\msdos.sys visible.
5. Replace this file with these lines:
[Paths]
WinDir=D:\WINDOWS
WinBootDir=D:\WINDOWS
HostWinBootDrv=D

[Options]
BootMulti=1
BootGUI=1
DoubleBuffer=1
AutoScan=1
WinVer=4.10.2222
;
;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs.
;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr
;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs

You can get bootpart.exe from here:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm

The above method works well for Win98 systems but i have never
tried it for a Win95 machine. I'm sure you realise that Win95 is
now totally obsolete and unsupported.


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