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Well you had asked this before and I had answered Sorry I dont think this is correct but am happy to be proved wrong could you elucidate No it is booting from the drive with 30 sec timeout This is just text technically does not mean a thing Thanks

Hi Here are the ini files Apart from Timeout they look identical Boot.ini New Drive [boot loader] timeout=1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect Boot.ini Old Drive [boot Loader] Timeout=30 Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [Operating Systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /NOEXECUTE=OPTIN /FASTDETECT Thanks

Hi As I have said before my drives are SATA Depends what you mean by main drive The old drive still has C: when I boot from that the new drive is K: When I boot from the new drive it is H: not sure what the old drive shows then Do you want to see the boot.ini files from both? I am pretty sure both will be identical and refer to a partition 1

Hi I went with your post #7 No I dont have to go into bios to boot only to choose boot order I have a boot.ini on each drive What I need at the moment is some form of dual boot Thanks

Hi I have managed to get through the install I now have 2 drives with XP on them I need to work between them for now Going into BIOS to change boot drive is a pain Is there anyway I can get them to offer a choice at bootup? TIA

Hi I cant seem to edit my post But instal is not sticking at inspecting now goes to blue screen with 'Windows Setup' at top 'Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...' at bottom

Hi all I am back needing help I have finally got round to doing this but not going well I have disconnected old drive Set bios to boot from cd Am stuck at 'Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration...' Any help appreciated

Not yet I am awating a DVD drive old one is knackered Why ? Do you foresee a problem ? John

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Hi all Sorry forgot my manners in previous post thanks for the welcomes PS should I not have received email telling of these replies

No they are Sata II As to reasons for changing Old drive has been running for 5yrs OS has become less and less stable and slow So I want a clean install of XP on new drive and then will format old drive as extra storage But I want to keep the old drive as a bootable backup for the moment in case install goes wrong Hope this makes things clearer Nev Durks and KenB

Hi all I have a PC running XP Home I have fitted a new drive and want to install XP onto it My first thought was disconnect old drive boot from CD and install Then I thought I might end up with two C: drives I really want my old drive out of harms way before new install just in case What is best way to proceed with this? TIA