Installing to a secondary hard disk !

[Guest]

Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??

On my main hard disk I currently have :

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become hidden,

I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E

I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
from a secondary disk ??

I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??

On my main hard disk I currently have :

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become hidden,

I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E

I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
from a secondary disk ??

I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??

Thanks

Your post suggests that you use a third-party boot manager.
Some will let you do what you want, others won't. It would
be helpful if you provided full details about your environment,
e.g.
- Type of boot manager
- Which partition each OS is installed on
- Type of each partition (FAT32/NTFS)

 

[Rock]

Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??

On my main hard disk I currently have :

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become hidden,

I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E

I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
from a secondary disk ??

I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??

Thanks

Best to post x64 questions to the newsgroup for it:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general

 

[Guest]

Boot Manager: System Commander
All Partitions are NTFS
The disk is partitioned as

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

With my favourite boot manager (which is XOSL)
I would do this:
1. Disconnect disk #1 (the one that has your current OSs).
2. Make the new disk the primary master.
3. Install WinXP Pro 64 bit.
4. Make the new disk something other than the
primary master.
5. Make the old disk the primary master.
6. Add WinXP Pro 64 bit to the boot manager's menu.
7. Hide the other partitions.

XOSL can do all of this but I don't know if System
Commander does. If unsure then I recommend that
you consult the System Commander FAQs. This
newsgroup looks at WinXP issues, which yours is
clearly not.

 

[TomT]

With my favourite boot manager (which is XOSL)
I would do this:
1. Disconnect disk #1 (the one that has your current OSs).
2. Make the new disk the primary master.
3. Install WinXP Pro 64 bit.
4. Make the new disk something other than the
primary master.
5. Make the old disk the primary master.
6. Add WinXP Pro 64 bit to the boot manager's menu.
7. Hide the other partitions.

XOSL can do all of this but I don't know if System
Commander does. If unsure then I recommend that
you consult the System Commander FAQs. This
newsgroup looks at WinXP issues, which yours is
clearly not.

Many Thanks for your help