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I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC with

XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating

systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files (recording

software and projects) from the drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

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Re: Multi Boot

 

Don’t really think that’s a good idea,

at least some of the drivers installed the 'old' pc are likely different to

the new one, and video etc may not work right if you just boot from the old

drive as is

 

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"zyklonterror" <zyklonterror@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC

> with

> XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating

> systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files

> (recording

> software and projects) from the drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>

Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)

Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)

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Re: Multi Boot

 

 

"zyklonterror" <zyklonterror@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC

>with

> XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating

> systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files

> (recording

> software and projects) from the drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>

 

Yes, you are, using a third-party boot loader such as XOSL.

Guest Timothy Daniels

Guest Timothy Daniels

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Re: Multi Boot

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" replied:

>

> "zyklonterror" wrote:

>> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into

>> this PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot

>> with with operating systems already on the drives? I really want

>> to keep the the files (recording software and projects) from the

>> drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>>

>

> Yes, you are, using a third-party boot loader such as XOSL.

 

And the OP should be able to do the same thing with what now

exists in either XP. As I understand the OP's system, there is a

working XP on one HD, and he has put in another HD that has a

working XP on it also. All he has to do in such case is to add one

line to the boot.ini file that exists at C:\boot.ini on the 1st HD:

 

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP on my 2nd HD" /noexecute=optin

/fastdetect

 

This presumes that the 2nd HD is not at the head of the Hard Drive

Boot Order, which means in the default IDE case, that it is not the

Master on IDE ch. 0 (in some BIOSes, the default order can be

arbitrarily re-set by the user). In the case of SATA drives, this

means that the 2nd HD is not on SATA ch. 0. The "2nd HD" is

expressed by "rdisk(1)". The line also presumes that the XP on the

2nd HD resides in partition 1, expressed by "partition(1)". If it is

not in partition 1, set the no. between the parentheses to be the no.

of the partition that contains the 2nd XP.

 

Also set the timeout value to be some reasonable no. of seconds

to give the user time to make up his mind which OS to boot -

something like "10", meaning "10 seconds". Then, at boot time,

a menu will appear on the screen presenting the 2 choices of XP,

and the user can select which one to load. If no selection is made

within 10 seconds, the default XP will be loaded - presumably

the XP on the 1st HD.

 

*TimDaniels*

Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton

Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton

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Re: Multi Boot

 

zyklonterror wrote:

>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this

>PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with

>operating systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the

>the files (recording software and projects) from the drive and be

>able to boot to it if needed.

 

In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what drive

letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were using it in

a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the second drive

would be assigned a different drive letter. The problem is that if the

second drive was 'C' on its original machine, then all of the

applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C' which of course

the 'second' drive would no longer be.

 

If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could become

'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications on the

second drive that require information from the registry pointing to

needed support files would not function properly.

 

--

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

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Guest Colin Barnhorst

Guest Colin Barnhorst

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Re: Multi Boot

 

That was my thought as well. Without changing the boot drive in the BIOS I

should think most of the installed software would have issues, not to

mention the OS.

 

"C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote in message

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> zyklonterror wrote:

>

>>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this

>>PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with

>>operating systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the

>>the files (recording software and projects) from the drive and be

>>able to boot to it if needed.

>

> In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what drive

> letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were using it in

> a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the second drive

> would be assigned a different drive letter. The problem is that if the

> second drive was 'C' on its original machine, then all of the

> applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C' which of course

> the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>

> If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could become

> 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications on the

> second drive that require information from the registry pointing to

> needed support files would not function properly.

>

> --

>

> Sincerely,

> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>

> CSD Computer Services

>

> Please excuse the TEMPORARY web site

>

> Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

> E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

Guest John John (MVP)

Guest John John (MVP)

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Re: Multi Boot

 

It shouldn't matter, the drive letter assignment will respect the Mount

Manager database of the booted Windows installation, the Boot Volume

will retain it's drive letter and the System drive would be assigned a

different drive letter. In effect both installations would retain their

drive letters. The caveat to that is that the installation from a

different pc would probably not boot properly without a repair install

and a repair install re-enumerates drive letters, so when doing the

reinstall the other drive should be temporarily disconnected so as to

not force a drive letter change on the installation, once the repair

installation is done the other drive can be connected again and both

Windows installation will retain their boot volume letters when booted,

regardless of the system drive used to boot the computer.

 

John

 

Colin Barnhorst wrote:

> That was my thought as well. Without changing the boot drive in the

> BIOS I should think most of the installed software would have issues,

> not to mention the OS.

>

> "C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote in message

> news:xn0fq37hv20zmj002@news.sunsite.dk...

>

>> zyklonterror wrote:

>>

>>> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this

>>> PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with

>>> operating systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the

>>> the files (recording software and projects) from the drive and be

>>> able to boot to it if needed.

>>

>>

>> In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what drive

>> letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were using it in

>> a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the second drive

>> would be assigned a different drive letter. The problem is that if the

>> second drive was 'C' on its original machine, then all of the

>> applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C' which of course

>> the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>>

>> If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could become

>> 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications on the

>> second drive that require information from the registry pointing to

>> needed support files would not function properly.

>>

>> --

>>

>> Sincerely,

>> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>>

>> CSD Computer Services

>>

>> Please excuse the TEMPORARY web site

>>

>> Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

>> E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

>

>

Guest Timothy Daniels

Guest Timothy Daniels

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Re: Multi Boot

 

It may help the OP to know that John John is using Microsoft's

terminology regarding the boot procedure, wherein:

 

"System Volume" refers to the partition containing the boot files,

e.g. ntldr, boot.ini, and ntdetect.com, and

"Boot Volume" refers to the partition which contains the

operating system.

 

(Yes, they seem intuitively reversed, but it's due to historical reasons.)

In most systems, the System Volume and the Boot Volume are the

same partition, and most people don't differentiate between them,

as evidenced by many of the postings in this and other NGs. But

when it comes to multi-booting, it's important to know that they

needn't be the same, and that while the System Volume must be a

Primary partition that is marked "active" on the hard drive designated

the boot drive by virtue of it being at the head of the Hard Drive Boot

Order in the BIOS (or by explicit selection in the BIOS), the Boot

Volume (the one with the operating system) may be any partition on

any hard drive in the system - even a logical partition.

 

*TimDaniels*

 

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> It shouldn't matter, the drive letter assignment will respect the

> Mount Manager database of the booted Windows installation,

> the Boot Volume will retain it's drive letter and the System drive

> would be assigned a different drive letter. In effect both

> installations would retain their drive letters. The caveat to that

> is that the installation from a different pc would probably not

> boot properly without a repair install and a repair install re-

> enumerates drive letters, so when doing the reinstall the other

> drive should be temporarily disconnected so as to not force a

> drive letter change on the installation, once the repair installation

> is done the other drive can be connected again and both Windows

> installation will retain their boot volume letters when booted, regardless of

> the system drive used to boot the computer.

>

> John

>

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>

>> That was my thought as well. Without changing the boot drive in the BIOS I

>> should think most of the installed software would have issues, not to mention

>> the OS.

>>

>> "C.Joseph S. Drayton" replied:

>>>

>>> In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what

>>> drive letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were

>>> using it in a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the

>>> second drive would be assigned a different drive letter. The

>>> problem is that if the second drive was 'C' on its original machine,

>>> then all of the applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C'

>>> which of course the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>>>

>>> If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could

>>> become 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your

>>> applications on the second drive that require information from

>>> the registry pointing to needed support files would not function

>>> properly.

>>>

>>> Sincerely,

>>> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>>>

>>> zyklonterror wrote:

>>>

>>>> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it

>>>> into this PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi

>>>> boot with with operating systems already on the drives? I really

>>>> want to keep the the files (recording software and projects)

>>>> from the drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

Guest Timothy Daniels

Guest Timothy Daniels

Posted
Posted

Re: Multi Boot

 

"C.Joseph S. Drayton" wrote:

>

>>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this

>>PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with

>>operating systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the

>>the files (recording software and projects) from the drive and be

>>able to boot to it if needed.

>

> In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what drive

> letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were using it in

> a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the second drive

> would be assigned a different drive letter. The problem is that if the

> second drive was 'C' on its original machine, then all of the

> applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C' which of course

> the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>

> If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could become

> 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications on the

> second drive that require information from the registry pointing to

> needed support files would not function properly.

>

> --

>

> Sincerely,

> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

 

Disregarding the complication of the 2nd HD coming from a

different machine, the drive letter that the XP in the 2nd HD has is

irrelevant (as long as neither XP contains shortcuts that reference

drive letters other than its own.) Such is the case of HDs containing

clones of the local XP, wherein each XP, *when it is running*, will

refer to its own partition as "C:", and it will refer to other partitions

(including the partitions containing clones) by other tempoarily

assigned letter names. I've pointed this out many times in this very

NG, but it never seems to sink in, perhaps because no one ever

takes the time to verify it.

 

*TimDaniels*

Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton

Guest C.Joseph S. Drayton

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Re: Multi Boot

 

Timothy Daniels wrote:

>"C.Joseph S. Drayton" wrote:

>>

>>>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into

>>>this PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot

>>>with with operating systems already on the drives? I really want

>>>to keep the the files (recording software and projects) from the

>>>drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>>

>>In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what

>>drive letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were

>>using it in a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the

>>second drive would be assigned a different drive letter. The

>>problem is that if the second drive was 'C' on its original

>>machine, then all of the applications on it will be expecting to

>>run from 'C' which of course the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>>

>>If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could

>>become 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications

>>on the second drive that require information from the registry

>>pointing to needed support files would not function properly.

>>

>>--

>>Sincerely,

>>C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>

>

> Disregarding the complication of the 2nd HD coming from a

>different machine, the drive letter that the XP in the 2nd HD has is

>irrelevant (as long as neither XP contains shortcuts that reference

>drive letters other than its own.) Such is the case of HDs containing

>clones of the local XP, wherein each XP, *when it is running*, will

>refer to its own partition as "C:", and it will refer to other

>partitions (including the partitions containing clones) by other

>tempoarily assigned letter names. I've pointed this out many times

>in this very NG, but it never seems to sink in, perhaps because no

>one ever takes the time to verify it.

>

>*TimDaniels*

 

Hi Tim,

 

The last time I tried what the OP is talking about was about 5 years

ago. The 'current' machine had WindowsXP on it. The second drive had

Windows2000pe. I edited boot.ini, and the second drive came up as a

drive letter other than 'C' which is what it had been when I pulled it

out of the old computer.

 

The possibility that I edited boot.ini does exist, at the time I was in

a rush and didn't play with it.

 

I asked my question and based my response on personal experience. When

I have time I will look into the matter further and see if I can get

the second drive to come up as 'C' as you say it should. My laptop has

2 drive bays so I can pull the drive from my backup machine and see

what happens. As I recall I edited boot.ini with a text editor. Is

there some application you would recommend for editing the file so that

I can get the parameters correct (I will admit I like wizards when I

want to be sure that the entry is correct rather than trust my 2 extra

thumbs).

 

--

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

Please excuse the TEMPORARY web site

 

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

Guest Timothy Daniels

Guest Timothy Daniels

Posted
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Re: Multi Boot

 

"C.Joseph S. Drayton" wrote:

> Timothy Daniels wrote:

>

>>"C.Joseph S. Drayton" wrote:

>>>

>>>>I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into

>>>>this PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot

>>>>with with operating systems already on the drives? I really want

>>>>to keep the the files (recording software and projects) from the

>>>>drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>>>

>>>In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what

>>>drive letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were

>>>using it in a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the

>>>second drive would be assigned a different drive letter. The

>>>problem is that if the second drive was 'C' on its original

>>>machine, then all of the applications on it will be expecting to

>>>run from 'C' which of course the 'second' drive would no longer be.

>>>

>>>If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could

>>>become 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications

>>>on the second drive that require information from the registry

>>>pointing to needed support files would not function properly.

>>>

>>>--

>>>Sincerely,

>>>C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

>>

>>

>> Disregarding the complication of the 2nd HD coming from a

>>different machine, the drive letter that the XP in the 2nd HD has is

>>irrelevant (as long as neither XP contains shortcuts that reference

>>drive letters other than its own.) Such is the case of HDs containing

>>clones of the local XP, wherein each XP, *when it is running*, will

>>refer to its own partition as "C:", and it will refer to other

>>partitions (including the partitions containing clones) by other

>>tempoarily assigned letter names. I've pointed this out many times

>>in this very NG, but it never seems to sink in, perhaps because no

>>one ever takes the time to verify it.

>>

>>*TimDaniels*

>

> Hi Tim,

>

> The last time I tried what the OP is talking about was about

> 5 years ago. The 'current' machine had WindowsXP on it.

> The second drive had Windows2000pe. I edited boot.ini,

> and the second drive came up as a drive letter other than 'C'

> which is what it had been when I pulled it out of the old

> computer.

 

It's unclear whether the 2nd drive had had "C:" as its drive

letter prior to its introduction to the system which already

contained XP, or whether it had a drive letter other than that.

I would have expected it to run using its old drive letter, as

that would have been in its registry and it would have seen

the XP OS as just files of data.

 

> The possibility that I edited boot.ini does exist, at the time

> I was in a rush and didn't play with it.

 

Editing boot.ini would not have affected the drive letter that

the 2nd OS used in reference to its own partition when it was

running. Boot.ini just affects whether or not the 2nd OS

could be designated by the user for loading.

 

> [...] When I have time I will look into the matter further and see

> if I can get the second drive to come up as 'C' as you say it should.

 

The 2nd OS should refer to its own partition as "C:" if that is

what it previously used in reference to its own partition. If it had

been installed while another previously installed OS was visible

which had taken that letter name for its partition, the 2nd OS would

know its own partition by some other letter name, perhaps "D:".

But if you run the test using as the 2nd HD one which had been

previously installed in another machine, some renaming may go on

to which John John alluded and about which I know nothing.

 

> My laptop has 2 drive bays so I can pull the drive from my backup

> machine and see what happens.

 

Well, that will introduce the complication of another machine.

Let us know what happens.

 

> As I recall I edited boot.ini with a text editor. Is there some

> application you would recommend for editing the file so that

> I can get the parameters correct ....

 

I've never used the boot.ini wizard, preferring to know and

control what's going on directly by editing manually with Notepad,

but I hear that the following will "wizardize" the process:

 

Click "Start", "Run" and enter "msconfig", "OK",

Click the "BOOT.INI" tab,

Click the "Check All Boot Paths" button,

(boot.ini will be edited to reflect all OSes found),

Click "Apply", "OK",

Click the "Restart" button and expect a menu screen

after the POST stage of bootup.

At some point in the "wizard", the timeout value might be

requested, but not having used the wizard, I don't know.

 

*TimDaniels*

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Guest Jason

Guest Jason

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Re: Multi Boot

 

1. XP (any version of windows) will not run properly if the correct drivers

are not installed. This excludes the initial install where you are

installing Windows from scratch and it will quite happily run with no

drivers for the motherboard. It will also not detect hard drives (or

Optical/Zip) that are conencted to a seperate card.

 

2. If the hard drive was installed as C in the old computer then the OS will

look for files on the C drive even though it may be installed as D or any

other letter.

 

"zyklonterror" <zyklonterror@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC

with

> XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating

> systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files

(recording

> software and projects) from the drive and be able to boot to it if needed.

>

Guest Jason

Guest Jason

Posted
Posted

Re: Multi Boot

 

What about registry entries for other programs etc.

"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

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> It shouldn't matter, the drive letter assignment will respect the Mount

> Manager database of the booted Windows installation, the Boot Volume

> will retain it's drive letter and the System drive would be assigned a

> different drive letter. In effect both installations would retain their

> drive letters. The caveat to that is that the installation from a

> different pc would probably not boot properly without a repair install

> and a repair install re-enumerates drive letters, so when doing the

> reinstall the other drive should be temporarily disconnected so as to

> not force a drive letter change on the installation, once the repair

> installation is done the other drive can be connected again and both

> Windows installation will retain their boot volume letters when booted,

> regardless of the system drive used to boot the computer.

>

> John

>

> Colin Barnhorst wrote:

>

> > That was my thought as well. Without changing the boot drive in the

> > BIOS I should think most of the installed software would have issues,

> > not to mention the OS.

> >

> > "C.Joseph S. Drayton" <csdcs@tlerma.com> wrote in message

> > news:xn0fq37hv20zmj002@news.sunsite.dk...

> >

> >> zyklonterror wrote:

> >>

> >>> I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this

> >>> PC with XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with

> >>> operating systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the

> >>> the files (recording software and projects) from the drive and be

> >>> able to boot to it if needed.

> >>

> >>

> >> In order to answer that question, I would first have to ask what drive

> >> letter was assigned to the 'second' hard disk when you were using it in

> >> a different machine. If your current drive is 'C', the second drive

> >> would be assigned a different drive letter. The problem is that if the

> >> second drive was 'C' on its original machine, then all of the

> >> applications on it will be expecting to run from 'C' which of course

> >> the 'second' drive would no longer be.

> >>

> >> If you disabled the current drive so that the second drive could become

> >> 'C' then you wold be fine. If not, some of your applications on the

> >> second drive that require information from the registry pointing to

> >> needed support files would not function properly.

> >>

> >> --

> >>

> >> Sincerely,

> >> C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

> >>

> >> CSD Computer Services

> >>

> >> Please excuse the TEMPORARY web site

> >>

> >> Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

> >> E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com

> >

> >

Guest Jason

Guest Jason

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Re: Multi Boot

 

Just realised XP picks up the drive letters from it's own registry - If

drives are added or changed while one OS is running then they may not come

up in the same order in the other OS unless you boot into each one OS and

then the other immediately afterwards without changing the drives. Also this

depends on the registry (e.g If one OS is C D E then the next is F, if the

other is C D F (or any letter after F then the next letter would be E)

"Jason" <JAllenNZ@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> 1. XP (any version of windows) will not run properly if the correct

drivers

> are not installed. This excludes the initial install where you are

> installing Windows from scratch and it will quite happily run with no

> drivers for the motherboard. It will also not detect hard drives (or

> Optical/Zip) that are conencted to a seperate card.

>

> 2. If the hard drive was installed as C in the old computer then the OS

will

> look for files on the C drive even though it may be installed as D or any

> other letter.

>

> "zyklonterror" <zyklonterror@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:8A753313-3DB0-4403-8FB4-A7FC4F31C8A7@microsoft.com...

> > I have put in a HD from a previous PC with XP already on it into this PC

> with

> > XP on it as well. Am I able to set up a multi boot with with operating

> > systems already on the drives? I really want to keep the the files

> (recording

> > software and projects) from the drive and be able to boot to it if

needed.

> >

>

>

Guest Timothy Daniels

Guest Timothy Daniels

Posted
Posted

Re: Multi Boot

 

"Jason" wrote:

> Just realised XP picks up the drive letters from it's own registry -

 

This is true.

> If drives are added or changed while one OS is running then they

> may not come up in the same order in the other OS

 

This is true.

> unless you boot into each one OS and then the other immediately

> afterwards without changing the drives.

 

WTF?

 

As long as there are no references (i.e. pathnames) to other

partitions (i.e. "drives") in the OS that is running, there will be no

naming problem. The *running OS* assigns names to all the

partitions it finds, regardless of what names another OS may have

known those partitions by. Those names will persist as long as

the running OS continues to run. Only pathnames which direct it

to another partition may cause drive name problems.

 

The greater problem will be running the XP which had been

installed on another system. It might have to be re-activated.

 

 

*TimDaniels*

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