Re: HOWTO: Multiple Boot?

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Use a third party boot manager or toggle the drives on/off and boot order in the BIOS. If you want the installation to be on drive "C:" then you have to take proper steps when doing the installation to ensure that you install Windows on the first active partition that the setup program enumerates, with multiple disks a foolproof method is to unplug or disable all but the disk that you want Windows on while you do the installation. If Windows was installed on a drive other than C: the only way to change that is by reinstalling Windows. By the way, probably none of my business, but if you use system variables in your scripts or applications the drive letter on which Windows is installed on won't or shouldn't matter.

John

Steve wrote:

Hi out there...

Just figured out how to set up a "multiple boot"... sounded tough but was super-easy... and I can now power-up and get a "menu choice" to boot to WinXP on drive 1... or WinXP on drive 2. But now I have the problem of... BOTH drives can be seen from either boot choice... I want to only see ONE drive... and it be designated as C:. Is there any way to do this???

For those who might care... I've been developing a VB6 app on one hard drive and then physically removing drive 1 and replacing it with a "virgin install" drive 2. WHY's are:

1. I'm using several .DLLs/.OCXs which are NOT normally installed on a "user" PC and I want my installation tests to work if I miss a file when building the install CD... With my current Multi-boot scenario... tho installing the CD on Drive 2; Drive 1 is still there... so the App still works by using files off Drive 1.

2. The installation insists on going back to C: (Drive 1)... tho I'm installing on Drive 2)... so some of my files are being re-written when I don't want them to.

3. I'm tired of swapping hard drives... my wife's tired of looking at a PC with an open side... and I don't have the room for a second PC setup.

Sure hope someone has a solution...

Thanks in advance!!
Steve



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