Re: Dual operating XP & ME
From: Jerry (NoSpamChiefZeke_at_MSN.com)
Date: 04/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:51:29 -0700
What you should have done was install the new drive, boot into ME, then
install XP (while in ME), don't opt to upgrade ME to XP but opt to have XP
install on the 'new' drive. This will then set you in a dual boot
configuration.
"Hanna" <Hanna.14nrad@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:e69431ac9d38958b7f995c2ad75d124b@news.teranews.com...
> I am trying to install a new hard drive with XP on it in addition to my
> current hard drive which is ME. Here's what I've done so far:
>
> I added the new hard drive to the tower and plugged it in with the
> "master" part of the cable. The older drive (that already has ME and
> all my current applications on it) then got the "slave" plug on the
> cable.
>
> I was able to turn on my computer, which recognized the XP disk and
> installed XP on it. The problem is this: although the computer
> recognizes that the ME hard drive is there, it doesn't allow me to boot
> to it or to access it from the XP disk (I have tried both). In fact,
> when I boot up the computer, I get a screen that asks me whether I want
> to go to the ME or the XP operating system, and when I pick ME, it
> STILL starts up XP.
>
> If you look under "System Devices", you will see the ME hard drive, but
> if you go to "My Computer", you do NOT see the ME hard drive. Is there
> something I can do to get to the ME drive?? Should I switch the XP and
> ME drives in terms of "Master/Slave" cable? I haven't installed
> anything on the XP drive except for the actual OS so it doesn't matter
> if I need to reformat and try again.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Hanna
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