Installing a second copy of XP

[Dave Neve]

Hi

I have XP Pro SP1 on my first HD and XP Family on the second one.

I want to install Pro on to the second HD but the choice of which HD to
install on doesn't come up.

In the past, when I installed Family on both HD's , the choice was offered.

But XP Pro only seems to offer me an installation/repair on the first HD.

What can I do to get round this problem?

Thanks

 

[Gordon]

Hi

I have XP Pro SP1 on my first HD and XP Family on the second one.

I want to install Pro on to the second HD but the choice of which HD to
install on doesn't come up.

In the past, when I installed Family on both HD's , the choice was offered.

But XP Pro only seems to offer me an installation/repair on the first HD.

What can I do to get round this problem?

Thanks

Sorry, WHY do you want two installations of XP on the same machine?
(Assuming that is what you are talking about?)

 

[Dave Neve]

Gordon

There are loads of reasons for wanting to do this.

Mine is to have an immediate backup system should my first HD crash

I clone the first one onto the second HD with Norton when I know it works
and use it as a backup.

Regards

Dave Neve

 

[Al Smith]

Gordon

There are loads of reasons for wanting to do this.

Mine is to have an immediate backup system should my first HD crash

I clone the first one onto the second HD with Norton when I know it works
and use it as a backup.

Regards

Dave Neve

It would be simpler to just save a compressed mirror image of your
C drive to your D drive, sans second operating system.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have XP Pro SP1 on my first HD and XP Family on the second one.

I want to install Pro on to the second HD but the choice of which HD to
install on doesn't come up.

In the past, when I installed Family on both HD's , the choice was offered.

But XP Pro only seems to offer me an installation/repair on the first HD.

Boot the XP CD direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement
take New Install. When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; you can
then select the partition to use (and if replacing an existing
installation, as you appear to intend' delete the partition and make a
new one)

BTW - XP *Home* (in full, Home Edition), not 'Family'