XP Pro Dual Boot - 2 HDD

[Guest Wayne]

I have installed two separate copy of XP Pro on separate SATA/IDE drives. I

used to be able to dual boot into either and each copy was distictively

different. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the 2nd (IDE) hdd and now whenever I

try to boot into the copy of XP on the IDE drive, it boots into the copy on

the SATA hdd instead.

 

In short, if I boot into the sata copy (first hdd C:) then everything is

just fine.

If I boot into the IDE copy (2nd hdd F:) then it's the sata copy that's run,

but the default hdd showing in windows explorer is 2nd hdd F:.

 

[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 Pro -

Regular" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -

Backup" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

 

Can someone tell me if the boot.ini is correct? Thanks very much!

 

Wayne

[Guest Rich Barry]

Re: XP Pro Dual Boot - 2 HDD

 

Wayne, did you install Ubuntu with the first drive connected? See if

this helps. Grub has to be modified.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=452421

 

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

news:F073D65F-FD96-4817-9C35-6E3C8F321F3E@microsoft.com...

>I have installed two separate copy of XP Pro on separate SATA/IDE drives. I

> used to be able to dual boot into either and each copy was distictively

> different. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the 2nd (IDE) hdd and now whenever

> I

> try to boot into the copy of XP on the IDE drive, it boots into the copy

> on

> the SATA hdd instead.

>

> In short, if I boot into the sata copy (first hdd C:) then everything is

> just fine.

> If I boot into the IDE copy (2nd hdd F:) then it's the sata copy that's

> run,

> but the default hdd showing in windows explorer is 2nd hdd F:.

>

> [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 Pro -

> Regular" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -

> Backup" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

>

> Can someone tell me if the boot.ini is correct? Thanks very much!

>

> Wayne