Can't dualboot XP & XP

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Stan

Building my own computer I formatted an 80Gb drive into 2 10Gb primary
partitions and one 10Gb extended partition. I had no problem installing XP
Pro into the first partition. While I can install XP Pro into the 2nd
primary partition, booting to the first partition (which displays all the
proper system files) shows the 2nd primary partition as F:\Local disk (with
only the page and hiber files in the root) and a complete installation of
XP folders.

Booting to the 2nd partition gives the *same* C: partition, except with no
system files, and the same F: partition with no system files in the root.

Boot.ini shows that there are 2 different bootable partitions.

I would have thought that XP would hide one primary partition from the
other. (I use PQ BootMagic on another computer with 3 Windows partitions
and that is exactly what happens.) So, how do I do that?
 
This is the normal Windows behavior.

If you want to hide partitions, you need to use third-party software.

Myron
 
This is the normal Windows behavior.

If you want to hide partitions, you need to use third-party software.
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Perhaps I should have added that I *did* install BootMagic on one
partition. That didn't work: you still get the XP boot choice screen and,
depending on which partition you choose from the BM screen you may not be
able to boot at all.
 
Hi,

WinXP doesn't hide partitions. Please post the contents of your boot.ini
file (do not attach it, copy/paste the contents into a reply).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Hi,

WinXP doesn't hide partitions. Please post the contents of your boot.ini
file (do not attach it, copy/paste the contents into a reply).
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[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"
 
Hi,

Well, you are definitely loading two different installations. I suspect that
in the latter one you are set not to show hidden and system files.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Stan said:
Hi,

WinXP doesn't hide partitions. Please post the contents of your boot.ini
file (do not attach it, copy/paste the contents into a reply).
Click to expand...

[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="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"
Click to expand...
 
Hi,

Well, you are definitely loading two different installations. I
suspect that in the latter one you are set not to show hidden and
system files.
Click to expand...

No, that is not the case.
 
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