Is it possible(dual boot from different hard disk)

[tutor4me]

Hi all,

·I have installed Windows XP Pro on 1st hard disk (80 GB) and Windows
2000 on 2nd hard disk (80 GB).

·Both are connected as master & slave (XP as master & 2000 as Slave).

·What I want is both OS should be displayed as boot options & when I
boot form XP, Windows2000 should be hidden and vice versa.

·Is there a way to set this up?


Thanks,
Pavi

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Go to this website..

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/tips/doug91.mspx


Print out, read, inwardly digest..


--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


Hi all,

·I have installed Windows XP Pro on 1st hard disk (80 GB) and Windows
2000 on 2nd hard disk (80 GB).

·Both are connected as master & slave (XP as master & 2000 as Slave).

·What I want is both OS should be displayed as boot options & when I
boot form XP, Windows2000 should be hidden and vice versa.

·Is there a way to set this up?


Thanks,
Pavi

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi all,

·I have installed Windows XP Pro on 1st hard disk (80 GB) and Windows
2000 on 2nd hard disk (80 GB).

·Both are connected as master & slave (XP as master & 2000 as Slave).

·What I want is both OS should be displayed as boot options & when I
boot form XP, Windows2000 should be hidden and vice versa.

·Is there a way to set this up?


Thanks,
Pavi

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XOSL can do all of the above, and it's free. Of course you
need to learn how to drive it. Post again if you require
further details.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I have installed Windows XP Pro on 1st hard disk (80 GB) and
Windows 2000 on 2nd hard disk (80 GB).

Both are connected as master & slave (XP as master & 2000 as Slave).

What I want is both OS should be displayed as boot options &
when I boot form XP, Windows2000 should be hidden and vice versa.

Is there a way to set this up?

The standard WinXP boot manager will do this except for
hiding the non-booted OS. All that's necessary is a 2nd entry
in the booting partition's boot.ini file and a reasonable timeout
time set to allow for a human to make a choice between the two
OSes. Why is it necessary to hide the other OS? The booted
OS will just see other partitions as file structures.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Uncle John]

Yes, it is possible. Windows XP comes with built-in support for a dual boot
system: at the end of the installation of Windows XP after you have
installed Windows 2000 you should see the latter as a boot option. If you
installed Windows 2000 afterwards you won't see it. So first check that
Windows 2000 is correctly installed and operable by switching the boot
priority in your bios and booting from the second disk. Windows 2000 should
boot as the OS.

You can use the Recovery Console to collate your boot managers. (If you do
not know how to this it is explained in Start Button, Help and Support,
Search
type Recovery Console, Enter

"
To install the Recovery Console as a start-up option

1.. With Windows running, insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2.. Click Start and select Run.
3.. Type the following where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter:
D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

etc.......................................)


Alternatively you can edit the boot.ini file on the boot disk. This is a
read only system: it is best to use the editing tool in Control Panel,
accessed by:

Hold down the left Windows Key, hit the Pause-Break Key, Click the Advanced
tab, Click the "Startup and Recovery" Settings Radio Button, click Edit

You will see something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
/noexecute=optin

You have to edit the text so that you are offered the second disk as a
choice. First make sure that you have got a backup because if you corrupt
the boot.ini you will not be able to get back into Windows XP when you
reboot.

Now add a line to the boot.ini using the editor:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
/noexecute=optin
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000"

Save your changes
The syntax above assumes that you have installed Windows XP in to a folder
called Windows on the first disk and Windows 2000 into a folder called
Windows on the second disk. If it you have used other names put them in as
appropriate.

Bear in mind that when you are running Windows 2000 it will be dependent on
the Windows XP Boot Manager in disk 1. If your first disk will not boot
Windows 2000 will not be available either

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

John

You replied to the wrong people..

 

[Uncle John]

Hi Mike

Where did my post go, then? Sometimes I never see that they have been sent.

--
Uncle John

John

You replied to the wrong people..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

Yes, it is possible. Windows XP comes with built-in support for a dual
boot system: at the end of the installation of Windows XP after you have
installed Windows 2000 you should see the latter as a boot option. If you
installed Windows 2000 afterwards you won't see it. So first check that
Windows 2000 is correctly installed and operable by switching the boot
priority in your bios and booting from the second disk. Windows 2000
should boot as the OS.

You can use the Recovery Console to collate your boot managers. (If you
do not know how to this it is explained in Start Button, Help and
Support, Search
type Recovery Console, Enter

"
To install the Recovery Console as a start-up option

1.. With Windows running, insert the Setup CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2.. Click Start and select Run.
3.. Type the following where D: is the CD-ROM drive letter:
D:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons

etc.......................................)


Alternatively you can edit the boot.ini file on the boot disk. This is a
read only system: it is best to use the editing tool in Control Panel,
accessed by:

Hold down the left Windows Key, hit the Pause-Break Key, Click the
Advanced tab, Click the "Startup and Recovery" Settings Radio Button,
click Edit

You will see something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
/noexecute=optin

You have to edit the text so that you are offered the second disk as a
choice. First make sure that you have got a backup because if you corrupt
the boot.ini you will not be able to get back into Windows XP when you
reboot.

Now add a line to the boot.ini using the editor:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect
/noexecute=optin
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000"

Save your changes
The syntax above assumes that you have installed Windows XP in to a
folder called Windows on the first disk and Windows 2000 into a folder
called Windows on the second disk. If it you have used other names put
them in as appropriate.

Bear in mind that when you are running Windows 2000 it will be dependent
on the Windows XP Boot Manager in disk 1. If your first disk will not
boot Windows 2000 will not be available either

 

[Ron Martell]

The standard WinXP boot manager will do this except for
hiding the non-booted OS. All that's necessary is a 2nd entry
in the booting partition's boot.ini file and a reasonable timeout
time set to allow for a human to make a choice between the two
OSes. Why is it necessary to hide the other OS? The booted
OS will just see other partitions as file structures.

One very important reason is to prevent one operating system from
being "contaminated" with files belonging to the other operating
system.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi all,

·I have installed Windows XP Pro on 1st hard disk (80 GB) and Windows
2000 on 2nd hard disk (80 GB).

·Both are connected as master & slave (XP as master & 2000 as Slave).

·What I want is both OS should be displayed as boot options & when I
boot form XP, Windows2000 should be hidden and vice versa.

·Is there a way to set this up?

In order to have the non-booting operating system hidden you will have
to use a third-party boot manager program such as Boot Magic (part of
Partition Magic from Symantec) or BootItNG from www.bootitng.com

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
http://aumha.org/alex.htm

 

[Timothy Daniels]

One very important reason is to prevent one operating system from
being "contaminated" with files belonging to the other operating
system.

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada

After a WinXP2K/NT cloning, the clone must be started for
its first time without its "parent" OS visible to it, but it CAN be
started subsequently in the presence of its "parent" with no
such contamination. After that initial independent startup,
the "parent" OS appears merely as another Local Disk (i.e.
partition) to the clone OS and files can be dragged 'n dropped
between the "parent" OS's file structure and any other
Local Disk, even the file structure of the running OS.

I clone as a matter of periodic backup and archiving, and
while I "hide" the "parent" during the clone's 1st startup,
previous clones are still visible to the new clone, and no
contamination results. It's just when the clone starts up
thinking that it's the originating "parent" that it must be
isolated from the real "parent", not from other clones which
have already been "vetted". Conversely, the real "parent"
CAN be started up with the unvetted clone visible to it, and
no contamination occurs. (At least I have never been able
to detect any.) Thus, the ONLY "hiding" that is necessary after
a cloning operation is the "hiding" of the "parent" OS from
the clone when the clone is started up for the 1st time.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Timothy Daniels]

In order to have the non-booting operating system hidden you will have
to use a third-party boot manager program such as Boot Magic (part of
Partition Magic from Symantec) or BootItNG from www.bootitng.com

After the clone has been started up for its first time in isolation
from its "parent" OS, subsequent startups of the clone can be
with the "parent" OS visible, and no problems arise from that.
The "parent" OS can even be started up with the new "unvetted"
clone visible to it with no problems. And, of course, after the
new clone has undergone its first startup without the "parent"
OS visible to it, either OS can be started up with the other OS
visible to it without any problems. Then the situation has reverted
to just a dual-boot situation, entirely manageable by the
built-in WinXP boot manager.

*TimDaniels*