Dual Boot XP & Windows 7 question

[Jim]

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

 

[JS]

Windows Vista: dual boot vista and xp two different hard drives
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?forumID=133&threadID=264088&messageID=2583952

How to Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP or Vista
http://lifehacker.com/5126781/how-to-dual-boot-windows-7-with-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-removing-windows7/page2.html

 

[Mick Murphy]

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/w7itpro/

Post your question in the above forums.

 

[RickR WIN-TEAM]

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