Dual Boot XP and Windows 2000

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Pauly

I have XP on Drive 1 and Windows 2000 on Drive 2. Up till now I have
been switching between the operating systems by going into the BIOS
and changing the default boot drive. How can I set it up to let me
choose which OS I want to boot up.

Cheers !
 
Pauly said:
I have XP on Drive 1 and Windows 2000 on Drive 2. Up till now I have
been switching between the operating systems by going into the BIOS
and changing the default boot drive. How can I set it up to let me
choose which OS I want to boot up.

Cheers !
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You can do this by installing a proper boot manager. The exact
details depend on your partition structure, i.e. which partions
you have and what type they are.
 
The simplest and correct way to do this is by using only 1 primary partition
and making a logical drive for the 2nd OS. Install the 1st OS on the Primary
partition and the 2nd on the logical drive. The installation will take care
of your BOOT.ini file on the primary disk. You have to install XP last
though.
 
Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and insert
it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1).
 
Andreas said:
The simplest and correct way to do this <snip>
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Please define "correct". There are several ways of
establishing a multi-boot environment, including the one
the OS uses at the moment. I would not call one of them
"correct" and the remainder "incorrect".
 
And have Drive 1 selected as the boot drive in the Bios.
--
Ronald Sommer

: Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and insert
: it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1).
:
: On 27 Mar 2007 07:27:08 -0700, "Pauly" <[email protected]>
: wrote:
:
: >I have XP on Drive 1 and Windows 2000 on Drive 2. Up till now I have
: >been switching between the operating systems by going into the BIOS
: >and changing the default boot drive. How can I set it up to let me
: >choose which OS I want to boot up.
: >
: >Cheers !
:
 
And have Drive 1 selected as the boot drive in the Bios.
--
Ronald Sommer


: Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and insert
: it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1).
:

:
: >I have XP on Drive 1 and Windows 2000 on Drive 2. Up till now I have
: >been switching between the operating systems by going into the BIOS
: >and changing the default boot drive. How can I set it up to let me
: >choose which OS I want to boot up.
: >
: >Cheers !
:
Click to expand...

" Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and
insert
it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1)."

This worked out just fine. Thanks Andy !
 
When I select the seconadry drive(XP) as the 1st boot drive, the following
is the msg I get in check all boot paths:
it appears that the following line in the boot.ini file does not refer to a
valid operating system
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect. When I select 2000 at startup I get the msg
about hal.dll being corrupt. Before editing the boot.ini file in XP, the
boot path for both OS were the same w/rdisk(0).
 
Are you sure Win 2000 is in the Windows folder?
Usually Win 2000 is in WINNT folder.
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

The hal.dll error can be caused by an error in the boot.ini file.

rdisk(0) would be the first hard disk in the Bios boot order.
When the XP disk is the first disk, its rdisk would be 0 and Win 2000 would
be 1.
--
Ronald Sommer

: When I select the seconadry drive(XP) as the 1st boot drive, the following
: is the msg I get in check all boot paths:
: it appears that the following line in the boot.ini file does not refer to
a
: valid operating system
: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2000
: Professional" /fastdetect. When I select 2000 at startup I get the msg
: about hal.dll being corrupt. Before editing the boot.ini file in XP, the
: boot path for both OS were the same w/rdisk(0).
: : > > And have Drive 1 selected as the boot drive in the Bios.
: > > --
: > > Ronald Sommer
: > >
: > >
: > > : > > : Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and
insert
: > > : it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1).
: > > :
: > > : On 27 Mar 2007 07:27:08 -0700, "Pauly" <[email protected]>:
: wrote:
: > >
: > > :
: > > : >I have XP on Drive 1 and Windows 2000 on Drive 2. Up till now I
have
: > > : >been switching between the operating systems by going into the BIOS
: > > : >and changing the default boot drive. How can I set it up to let me
: > > : >choose which OS I want to boot up.
: > > : >
: > > : >Cheers !
: > > :
: >
: > " Copy the entry for Windows 2000 in the boot.ini on Drive 2, and
: > insert
: > it in the boot.ini on Drive 1, changing rdisk(0) to rdisk(1)."
: >
: > This worked out just fine. Thanks Andy !
: >
: >
:
:
 
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