installing XP on 2nd drive

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hello,

I am running 2kpro...i installed a drive (120G)i
installed XP on the new drive..and when i remove the old
drive the new one wont boot...it says missing os...but
when i have the old one in as well it will...BTW i
installed XP on the new drive while i was in 2K ..if that
makes a difference..any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
John
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try something unconventional...install windows xp from the boot disk...and
choose the second drive as it takes you through the disk choices.
 
jOhn said:
I am running 2kpro...i installed a drive (120G)i
installed XP on the new drive..and when i remove the old
drive the new one wont boot...it says missing os...but
when i have the old one in as well it will...BTW i
installed XP on the new drive while i was in 2K ..if that
makes a difference
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Yes. You will have done a New install, and thereby set up a dual boot,
actually doing the boot in the Win2k drive. Sorting this out is not
easy; your realistic choices are

to keep both drives (remove the 2K if you don't want it, retaining the
boot files in the root), and use both, which is what I would do; or

to start all over doing a fresh install to the new drive as the master
one, booting the XP CD and, when it asks where, deleting the present
partition and making a new one
 
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