Maybe you should explain how you originally set this up.
In a normal dual boot system you would install the 1st OS on the C drive and
then install the 2nd OS on the D drive.The 2nd installation would place its
boot files on the C drive and change the boot sector to reflect 2 OS's.When
you boot you would then be given a choice of which OS to start
with..................how did you set yours up???
At this point I would reboot into the C OS and from there format the D
drive....then run a repair installation of the C OS.Once that was up and
running I would reinstall that 2nd OS onto the D drive.........but do it
from within the 1st OS....it will reboot and start the installation as if
from scratch ,you must pick new installation and tell it to install onto the
D drive.
This will give you the dual booth so be sure to install into a directory
named in such a manner that you know which OS is which.
I would also partition those HD's so that each OS has its own programs
installed under each OS.
peter
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>I am running 2 HDs.
> Each has XP Pro loaded as OS.
>
> These drives have somehow become crosslinked.
> They are no longer independent.
>
> When I removed the D drive - the C drive would no longer boot.
> If I connected only the D drive it would not run independently either.
>
> I must now have both drives connected in order for the C: to boot.
>
> This has happened before.
>
> What is going on here?
>
> What causes this?
>
> How do I prevent this from happening again?
>
> Thanks.
>
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