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My system has two hard drives.
The first has a Win XP Pro OS on the front of the drive, the letter C:
is assigned to this installation.
The second hard drive has another installation of Win XP Pro on the
front of it, the letter F: is assigned to this installation.
I made the F: installation after the C: installation; therefore the boot
related files are within the C: installation (e.g. boot.ini, ntdlr,
ntdetect.com, etc.)
I have imaged the F: installation and tweaked to my liking. What I
would like to do now is get rid of the C: installation but I realize
that my system won't boot if I do.
What I am trying to figure out is what I need to do to make the F:
installation completely self-sufficient (in other words, bootable on its
own).
Suppose I just wiped out the C: drive and rebooted using my slipstreamed
Win XP Pro-sp2, then logged into the Recovery Console and ...what?
Would I have to recreate a MBR?
I would have to use bootcfg to make a boot.ini file
But none of the above get ntdlr, ntdetect.com or other boot dependent
files onto my F: installation. Is it possible to simply copy the boot
dependent files from C: to F: and then use the Recovery Console to fix
the boot.ini file.
Do I have to physically change the hard drive which has the F: partition
to my Master drive?
Do I have to flag the F: partition as the active portion (quite sure the
answer is, yes) and if so when do I do this?
What I have located and read thus far in regard to all of this has left
me with a vague understanding of what I have to do; but I am hoping to
get some tailored guidance. Thanks
The first has a Win XP Pro OS on the front of the drive, the letter C:
is assigned to this installation.
The second hard drive has another installation of Win XP Pro on the
front of it, the letter F: is assigned to this installation.
I made the F: installation after the C: installation; therefore the boot
related files are within the C: installation (e.g. boot.ini, ntdlr,
ntdetect.com, etc.)
I have imaged the F: installation and tweaked to my liking. What I
would like to do now is get rid of the C: installation but I realize
that my system won't boot if I do.
What I am trying to figure out is what I need to do to make the F:
installation completely self-sufficient (in other words, bootable on its
own).
Suppose I just wiped out the C: drive and rebooted using my slipstreamed
Win XP Pro-sp2, then logged into the Recovery Console and ...what?
Would I have to recreate a MBR?
I would have to use bootcfg to make a boot.ini file
But none of the above get ntdlr, ntdetect.com or other boot dependent
files onto my F: installation. Is it possible to simply copy the boot
dependent files from C: to F: and then use the Recovery Console to fix
the boot.ini file.
Do I have to physically change the hard drive which has the F: partition
to my Master drive?
Do I have to flag the F: partition as the active portion (quite sure the
answer is, yes) and if so when do I do this?
What I have located and read thus far in regard to all of this has left
me with a vague understanding of what I have to do; but I am hoping to
get some tailored guidance. Thanks