Re: Dual boot

Which drive is the active drive?
Which system boots now?

If XP is booting, you can add Win 2000 line to the XP boot.ini file.

If Win 2000 is booting, you need to replace the Win 2000 ntdetect.com with
the XP ntdetect.com.
Also, add XP to boot.ini.

NTDETECT.COM, NTLDR and BOOT.INI are boot files.
The ntdetect from XP replaces the Win2000 ntdetect and will detect Win2000.
The Win2000 ntdetect will not detect XP.
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Ron Sommer


"Sunshine" <sunshinenews2000-nwsgrps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Please instruct me on creating dual boot using Win 2K and XP. I have 2000
: installed on the first drive. It was installed 1st. I have XP installed
on
: the second drive, It was installed last. Upon startup I do not get the
: option of which operating system to start. Please, help.
:
:

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