Installing 2nd xp to slave drive

[Martin]

Dear Group. i have a 60gb master drive with XP Pro on it. I also have a
20gb slave drive which is empty. Is it possible to install another copy of
XP Pro to the slave disk, and if it is, is it simply a matter of setting
the boot sequence to G (slave disk) to boot to the 2nd instalation?

 

[Guest]

After you install your 2nd XP, the installation will automaticly create
booting sequence that will allow you to chose at boot time what OS would you
like to start.
This information will probobly be stored in "C:\Boot.ini" file.

 

[Myron J. Mandell]

Yes, you can do this.

Run XP Setup from your existing installation.
Make sure "Clean" (not "Upgrade") install is selected.
On an advanced screen, make sure "Let me choose where to install" (something
like that) is checked.
The actual selection of your second drive comes up much later in the
install.

You should end up with a menu (at bootup) to choose between the two systems.
You can edit the menu either using notepad (on boot.ini) or through My
Computer|Properties|Advanced|StartupandRecovery|Settings

Myron

 

[Martin]

Run XP Setup from your existing installation.

Thanks Myron, but i'm not quite clear on what you mean. Would it not be
simpler just to boot from the CD and chose my slave drive as the
installation target?

 

[Martin]

Martin wrote:

Just a thought, if i did install a 2nd XP to the slave drive, and then
deleted it and reformatted the slave, would i then have problems booting to
the master again? Would i still get the boot option screen?

 

[Guest]

Even if you delete your 2nd install you can change the boot.ini file from
System Properies (in your 1st XP) > Advanced > StartUp and Recovery > Settings
There you can choose what OS is your default, How much time to wait at boot
time, and you can remove the boot time dialog from there.

 

[Martin]

Even if you delete your 2nd install you can change the boot.ini file from
System Properies (in your 1st XP) > Advanced > StartUp and Recovery > Settings
There you can choose what OS is your default, How much time to wait at boot
time, and you can remove the boot time dialog from there.

Thats excellent Alex, thanks for that.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Why do you want to install a second copy of XP to your slave drive? You do
not need to install XP if you just want to set up the slave drive for
storing files. Just create a partition and format it with Disk Manager.

Also, I believe that Microsoft would require that you "purchase" a second XP
Pro license, since you would then have two XP Pros running. The XP CD Key
states you can use it on a PC with 1 or 2 processors. This does not mean
you can have two copies installed. Nor does it allow you to have the one
license installed on 2 different PCs.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Dear Group. i have a 60gb master drive with XP Pro on it. I also have a
20gb slave drive which is empty. Is it possible to install another copy of
XP Pro to the slave disk, and if it is, is it simply a matter of setting
the boot sequence to G (slave disk) to boot to the 2nd instalation?

If you make the other drive the booted one (which most BIOSes these days
will do) then you can go ahead and install XP on it. It would be
desirable to have the power off on the present master one while you do
it, to avoid possible confusion. You can then switch by changing BIOS
boot sequence, or using a third party manager

 

[Alex Nichol]

Run XP Setup from your existing installation.
Make sure "Clean" (not "Upgrade") install is selected.
On an advanced screen, make sure "Let me choose where to install" (something
like that) is checked.
The actual selection of your second drive comes up much later in the
install.

Warning: That will result in the initial boot being always to the
original physical disk, and the new instance as seeing itself not on C
but some later letter. Which may be acceptable, but does not give the
independent installation implied