I have a PC with two HD's, drive A and drive B. Windows XP Pro is installed
on drive A, nothing on drive B.

I recently installed Windows 7 beta on drive B and it worked quite well.
However when I attempted to boot into XP on drive A I kept getting an NTLDR
boot error. I finally decided to do a clean install of XP. Much to my
surprise I had the same NTLDR problem.

After much frustration, I disconnected drive B and did another clean install
of XP on drive A. Success.

I would like to get Windows 7 on the second drive but I afraid I will run
into the same problem. What if I first disconnect drive A before installing
Windows 7 on drive B, would everything when I re-connected drive A back? I
really do not want to do another install of XP!!

Suggestions appreciated.

Jim

Windows Vista: dual boot vista and xp two different hard drives
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_10...sageID=2583952

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista
http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to...th-xp-or-vista

Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP/Vista in three easy steps
http://www.techspot.com/guides/143-dual-boot-windows7/

Removing Windows 7 partition - For XP users
http://www.techspot.com/guides/144-r...ws7/page2.html


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"Jim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a PC with two HD's, drive A and drive B. Windows XP Pro is installed
>on drive A, nothing on drive B.
>
> I recently installed Windows 7 beta on drive B and it worked quite well.
> However when I attempted to boot into XP on drive A I kept getting an
> NTLDR boot error. I finally decided to do a clean install of XP. Much to
> my surprise I had the same NTLDR problem.
>
> After much frustration, I disconnected drive B and did another clean
> install of XP on drive A. Success.
>
> I would like to get Windows 7 on the second drive but I afraid I will run
> into the same problem. What if I first disconnect drive A before
> installing Windows 7 on drive B, would everything when I re-connected
> drive A back? I really do not want to do another install of XP!!
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
>
>

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...egory/w7itpro/

Post your question in the above forums.
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"Jim" wrote:

> I have a PC with two HD's, drive A and drive B. Windows XP Pro is installed
> on drive A, nothing on drive B.
>
> I recently installed Windows 7 beta on drive B and it worked quite well.
> However when I attempted to boot into XP on drive A I kept getting an NTLDR
> boot error. I finally decided to do a clean install of XP. Much to my
> surprise I had the same NTLDR problem.
>
> After much frustration, I disconnected drive B and did another clean install
> of XP on drive A. Success.
>
> I would like to get Windows 7 on the second drive but I afraid I will run
> into the same problem. What if I first disconnect drive A before installing
> Windows 7 on drive B, would everything when I re-connected drive A back? I
> really do not want to do another install of XP!!
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>

Jim;3261614 Wrote:
>
> I would like to get Windows 7 on the second drive but I afraid I wil
> run
> into the same problem. What if I first disconnect drive A befor
> installing
> Windows 7 on drive B, would everything when I re-connected drive
> back? I
> really do not want to do another install of XP!!
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> Jim

Hey Jim, Rick from the Windows Outreach Team here. I found this guid
over at the Microsoft MVP network forum that may address your problem
I invite you to have a look and use it to help correct your problem
Please click this link: http://tinyurl.com/y44q4t . Let me know if yo
need additional help.
Rick, Windows Outreach Tea


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