Boot.ini configuration

[Guest]

I have two HDD with WinXP pro on both. How can I configure log-on to ask
which drive I want to boot to.

 

[Guest]

Edit the Boot.ini file either from the startup&recovery section of system
properties or the actual file on the systemroot.

Example:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional"
/fastdetect

Timeout is the default time to wait for user input until loading the default
operating system. If it is set to 0 it will automatically load the default
operating system.

The default and sections under operations system use the ARC format to
specify to NTLDR where the operating system is located. multi is the IDE or
Scuzi HDD with onboard BIOS, beginning with 0 for each HDD controller, SCSI
is used instead of MULTI for SCSI controllers with no onboard bios. Disk is
only used for Scuzi HDDs and RDISK is used with MULTI or IDE HDD to specify
which HDD on the controller to use. Partition indicates which partition that
NTLDR will find the operating system and then the windows path is specified,
see above. Hope this gives some light on how to configure it to multi boot.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The OP is a little unclear whether he means two hard disks
or two partitions on the same disk. If it's a single disk then
boot.ini should probably look like so:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" >
/fastdetect

In the case of two disks I would expect this:

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" >
/fastdetect

The parameter x in disk(x) should always be 0, as per this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;102873

Edit the Boot.ini file either from the startup&recovery section of system
properties or the actual file on the systemroot.

Example:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional"
/fastdetect

Timeout is the default time to wait for user input until loading the default
operating system. If it is set to 0 it will automatically load the default
operating system.

The default and sections under operations system use the ARC format to
specify to NTLDR where the operating system is located. multi is the IDE or
Scuzi HDD with onboard BIOS, beginning with 0 for each HDD controller, SCSI
is used instead of MULTI for SCSI controllers with no onboard bios. Disk is
only used for Scuzi HDDs and RDISK is used with MULTI or IDE HDD to specify
which HDD on the controller to use. Partition indicates which partition that
NTLDR will find the operating system and then the windows path is specified,
see above. Hope this gives some light on how to configure it to multi boot.

I have two HDD with WinXP pro on both. How can I configure log-on to ask
which drive I want to boot to.