Re: windows xp on second hard drive...
From: Colin Barnhorst (colinbarharst(nojunk)_at_msn.com)
Date: 01/29/05
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Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 13:24:18 -0700
Yes. However, if you think the ME installation is failing, you might want
to address that now because it is the boot track on the C: drive that will
have the dual boot information needed by the system. The loss of the XP
drive would mean loss of access to XP, but the loss of the ME drive would
mean loss of both ME and XP, boot magic or not.
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] "tobegone" <emailtobegone@mail.com> wrote in message news:%23elLoajBFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > thanks, man... > ok, so i can follow your last suggestion to go about using the upgrade > version to get xp on my second (d) drive...now if i do that first, and > then > afterwards want to replace my c drive with a new one (i think it's about > to > die because i'm hearing all sorts of troublesome sounds from it lately), > i'll be able to use my backup (complete backup, including os and files) > that's on the three dvd-rw's to reinstall the old c drive's contents on > the > new c drive - right?? please say yes! > by the way, i do have partition magic which includes boot magic for > choosing > which os to open up at bootup. thanks, again! > > "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com> wrote in message > news:%23tuqdbiBFHA.2584@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> No. You would have to remove the present C: drive first and use the new >> drive as the only drive in the box. Then you should be able to run the >> reinstall cd. But you still have a problem even if the XP upgrade works, >> because when you move the drives around again you will not be able to >> boot >> XP. >> >> A multiboot system is created by having the XP installer detect that > another >> copy of Windows is installed and setting up software to protect the two >> systems from each other and by setting up a boot options screen. This > does >> not happen by simply putting XP on the second hard drive and hooking it > up. >> It is done during the XP installation process. >> >> If you got the XP Upgrade at a retail store and the box is still sealed, >> return it and pay the difference for the full version. >> >> Alternatively, and this is my favorite solution, find a friend with a > retail >> cd for an earlier version of Windows and just use that while installing >> XP >> on the new hard drive. Or, go to eBay and buy one. You do not have to >> install the earlier version, just have the cd on hand for the 30 seconds > it >> takes for the Upgrade installer to find the setup files and verify that >> it >> is a qualifying product. >> >> -- >> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] >> "tobegone" <emailtobegone@mail.com> wrote in message >> news:uUGCQRhBFHA.2032@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >> > thanks for the quick response... >> > just for clarification - i have the oem version of windows me on my c >> > drive. >> > what is the process i'd use to put windows me on my second hard drive > (d)? >> > can i use the windows me reinstall disc provided by dell? i did try > that >> > initially, but during the process, i got error boxes telling me that >> > dll >> > files 'msvcp71.dll' and 'vsutil.dll' did not load (i subsequently >> > copied >> > those files from my c drive windows/system file into the d drive >> > windows/system file that was created during the reinstall). after the >> > windows me reinstall attempt to d drive was done, a desktop opened in >> > 'safe' >> > mode where everything was frozen. it was then that i executed the full > c >> > drive backup from my three dvd-rw's so i could again access my c drive. >> > so, why, if i can use the (dell provided) windows me reinstall disc to > put >> > me on my d drive, can i not use the xp upgrade to lay over it? why is > it >> > not a 'recognized' version?? thanks again for the assistance! >> > >> > "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(nojunk)@msn.com> wrote in message >> > news:upMY$QbBFHA.3592@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> >> The Dell reinstall cd is not a qualifying copy of Windows that you can >> >> use >> >> during the installation of XP on the new drive. You need XP Home >> >> full. >> >> >> >> You can use the XP Home upgrade cd to upgrade the installed ME on >> >> drive >> > C:, >> >> but you have no way to use the upgrade cd to do a clean install of >> >> Home >> >> on >> >> the second drive. An XP Home upgrade cd is capable of doing a clean >> >> install, but the installer will request proof that you own a >> >> qualifying >> >> product. OEM and reinstall cd's are not qualifying copies of Windows. >> >> >> >> To install XP on the new drive in your situation you need either XP > Home >> >> full, or have access to a retail cd from a previous version of >> >> Windows, >> > such >> >> as Win98 or ME that the XP Home upgrade installer will accept as >> > qualifying. >> >> You purchased the wrong version of XP Home. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] >> >> "tobegone" <emailtobegone@mail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:uJfs2DbBFHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >> >> > hello all - this is my first post to this group... >> >> > i currently have a primary master hard drive with manufacturer >> >> > installed >> >> > windows me as the os. i recently put in a second hard drive as the >> >> > slave...i want to put windows xp home on it. i purchased the >> >> > windows >> >> > xp >> >> > home upgrade version, as i still have the windows me reinstall disc >> >> > that >> >> > Dell provided when i purchased the pc back in 2000. can someone > please >> >> > advise (step by step - i'm no novice by any means, but no expert, >> > either) >> >> > as >> >> > to how i do this? i have already tried it via the windows startup >> > floppy >> >> > followed with the me reinstall disc (that's as far as i got - didn't >> > even >> >> > get to the step of putting xp upgrade "over" the me) - i only >> >> > succeeded >> >> > in >> >> > having a 'safe' desktop come up at bootup with no access to my > primary >> > 'C' >> >> > drive. i had to employ my full backup of my 'C'drive to re-enable >> >> > my >> >> > to >> >> > access my the drive (luckily for me i had a full backup, including >> >> > os >> >> > on >> >> > three dvd-rw's). so... can anyone tell me how to do this correctly? >> >> > thanks, so much!! >> >> > dell dimension 4100 >> >> > 1 gig processor >> >> > 512 ram >> >> > 80 gig hard drive 'C' >> >> > 80 gig hard drive 'D' (the new one) >> >> > i do have partition magic 8.0 which i have not utilized yet... >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >
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