Question on dual boot & Windows XP

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From: DaleG (DaleG_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/03/04 

Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:10:02 -0800

Hi,

I built a system that dual boots both Linux and Windows XP ... Linux and
the Boot Manager is in the first IDE disk the second is Windows ... I
believe the MBR is also on the first disk and my Windows disk is running out
of space ... I believe it's possible to clone the Windows disk to a larger
disk ?? maybe with partition magic but not sure ... The question is can I
write a mbr to the 2nd disk safely now and boot off it ??? I see the warning
messages from running the recovery and trying to fix/install a mbr ... Any
suggestions ??? I really don't want to delete and start ofer .. not really
an option at the moment..

Thanks in advance

Dale G

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