Bootmagic and WinXP multiboot with multiple hard drives.

How do you install multiple versions of Windows XP to more than 1 hard
drive on the same PC? The most I can get is 3 installations of Win XP
on my Primary hard rive, and none on my secondary hard drive. I want
3 instances of Windows XP on each hard drive, and all 6 WinXP
Operating Systems selectable via bootmagic at startup. What can I do
to get this set up? Right now I have 3 WinXP Operating Systems
selected by bootmagic at startup, and they are all on the Primary Hard
Drive. I want 3 more. Thanks in advance.

"electro" <electro77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How do you install multiple versions of Windows XP to more than 1 hard
> drive on the same PC? The most I can get is 3 installations of Win XP
> on my Primary hard rive, and none on my secondary hard drive. I want
> 3 instances of Windows XP on each hard drive, and all 6 WinXP
> Operating Systems selectable via bootmagic at startup. What can I do
> to get this set up? Right now I have 3 WinXP Operating Systems
> selected by bootmagic at startup, and they are all on the Primary Hard
> Drive. I want 3 more. Thanks in advance.

I don't know if BootMagic can do this but XOSL (free!)
certainly can. Briefly, here is how you do it:

1. Install XOSL in the last 8 MBytes of either disk.
2. Install the first OS in the first primary partition of your
primary master disk.
3. Copy the installation to its final disk & partition.
4. Use ptedit.exe to make an adjustment to the boot
sector of the partition chosen in Step 4.
5. Run through Steps 2..4 for every other OS.
6. Include each OS in the XOSL menu.
7. Instruct XOSL to hide each OS from every other OS.

Post again if you need further details.

"Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:<uI68S9MmEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> "electro" <electro77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:179d89c3.0409120516.621dc392@posting.google.com...
> > How do you install multiple versions of Windows XP to more than 1 hard
> > drive on the same PC? The most I can get is 3 installations of Win XP
> > on my Primary hard rive, and none on my secondary hard drive. I want
> > 3 instances of Windows XP on each hard drive, and all 6 WinXP
> > Operating Systems selectable via bootmagic at startup. What can I do
> > to get this set up? Right now I have 3 WinXP Operating Systems
> > selected by bootmagic at startup, and they are all on the Primary Hard
> > Drive. I want 3 more. Thanks in advance.
>
> I don't know if BootMagic can do this but XOSL (free!)
> certainly can. Briefly, here is how you do it:
>
> 1. Install XOSL in the last 8 MBytes of either disk.
> 2. Install the first OS in the first primary partition of your
> primary master disk.
> 3. Copy the installation to its final disk & partition.
> 4. Use ptedit.exe to make an adjustment to the boot
> sector of the partition chosen in Step 4.
> 5. Run through Steps 2..4 for every other OS.
> 6. Include each OS in the XOSL menu.
> 7. Instruct XOSL to hide each OS from every other OS.
>
> Post again if you need further details.

Thanks Pegasus. It will be a while before I try, but I will post again when I do.

"electro" <electro77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
news:<uI68S9MmEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> > "electro" <electro77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:179d89c3.0409120516.621dc392@posting.google.com...
> > > How do you install multiple versions of Windows XP to more than 1 hard
> > > drive on the same PC? The most I can get is 3 installations of Win XP
> > > on my Primary hard rive, and none on my secondary hard drive. I want
> > > 3 instances of Windows XP on each hard drive, and all 6 WinXP
> > > Operating Systems selectable via bootmagic at startup. What can I do
> > > to get this set up? Right now I have 3 WinXP Operating Systems
> > > selected by bootmagic at startup, and they are all on the Primary Hard
> > > Drive. I want 3 more. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > I don't know if BootMagic can do this but XOSL (free!)
> > certainly can. Briefly, here is how you do it:
> >
> > 1. Install XOSL in the last 8 MBytes of either disk.
> > 2. Install the first OS in the first primary partition of your
> > primary master disk.
> > 3. Copy the installation to its final disk & partition.
> > 4. Use ptedit.exe to make an adjustment to the boot
> > sector of the partition chosen in Step 4.
> > 5. Run through Steps 2..4 for every other OS.
> > 6. Include each OS in the XOSL menu.
> > 7. Instruct XOSL to hide each OS from every other OS.
> >
> > Post again if you need further details.
>
> Thanks Pegasus. It will be a while before I try, but I will post again
when I do.

It's been a while already . . . Make sure to start a new thread,
as this one will have disappeared from my reader's horizon by
the time you get around to posting again!