Hi,

I currently have Windows 2000 installed on my primary hard drive. I installed XP on my second hard drive. Currently, I am using the included boot manager to dual boot.

In future, after I have moved my files over from 2000 I would like to remove it and go XP only. Is there any problem in using Boot Magic or some other boot manager to boot XP from my second hard drive?

Thanks,

paulmor

Stay away from any secondary boot apps...Just cont to use XP

-Chris

I'll need to use a boot manager because i also have a Linux partition and a few others (QNX etc). I just need to know if it is safe to use XP from a second hard drive and access it through a boot manager.

Thanks for your help.

psulmor

Sure, XP is ok on any drive...But again I dont suggest it...Good luck

-Chris

I ran ME on my primary partition (c:) and XP beta on a second hdd (d:) without problems. If i need to modify my MBR i use a proggie called bootpart, check it out @

ht*p://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm

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Hi,

In future, [u:2ed0e3ae3f]after I have moved my files over from 2000 I would like to remove it and go XP only[/u:2ed0e3ae3f]. Is there any problem in using Boot

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You might have a problem with the BOOT.INI file pointing to the wrong location if you just move or copy the XP partition to another hard drive, or swap the HD from Slave to Master. The BOOT.INI has a line that tells it where to look for the kernel, so you need to make sure that if you're not going to do a fresh install that you at least edit the BOOT.INI to point to the right place BEFORE you move or swap the partitions or something.

Oh yah, Good one Lou, Forgot about the boot.ini file being located on the first OS.:spaced

-Chris

As I won't be moving the partition, just removing 2000 this should not be a problem for me. Correct?

Thanks for all the information guys.

paulmor

yes that what I was saying. The boot.ini file is under windows 2000. Isnt win2000 on your c: drive? Thats where its located.

-Chris

My problem predates Paulmor's problem. I cant get XP to install on my second hard drive. It tells me that it cant be installed on that drive during the XP installer "Blue menu" section. Did you have to do anything special to make it install on your second hard drive Paulmor?

I'm dual booting on my Laptop with absolutely nooooo problems...Same drive, same partition, it's very smooth. I was really surprised how easy it was.

Silent Z