remove dual boot

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Pegasus said:
If the BIOS does not see your primary master disks
by itself then you need to change its jumper setting
to "Single Disk" or words to this effect. If unsure, try
every position until you find the one that lets the BIOS
see the disk.
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Thanks, Pegasus.
I disconnected my slave drive, removed the jumper
shunt from the primary drive making it a single
disk. Windows booted right up after the "dual
boot" option screen. Can I now simply format and
reinstall the other disk and remove entry from
boot. ini?
 
Ed Mc said:
Thanks, Pegasus.
I disconnected my slave drive, removed the jumper shunt from the primary
drive making it a single disk. Windows booted right up after the "dual
boot" option screen. Can I now simply format and reinstall the other disk
and remove entry from boot. ini?
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Yes, provided you're satisfied that everything works the way
it should and that you have access to all your important files,
including your EMail files. Please make very, very sure you
format the right disk. We've had some posts here recently
where the wrong disk got formatted . . .
 
Pegasus said:
Yes, provided you're satisfied that everything works the way
it should and that you have access to all your important files,
including your EMail files. Please make very, very sure you
format the right disk. We've had some posts here recently
where the wrong disk got formatted . . .
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THANKS PEGASUS,
You are a "virtual" lifesaver. Please accept my
sincerest thanks and best wishes for you.
 
Ed Mc said:
THANKS PEGASUS,
You are a "virtual" lifesaver. Please accept my sincerest thanks and best
wishes for you.
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Thanks for the feedback, and let's include JS in your praise.
He first proposed the solution you finally adopted.
 
As Pegasus mentioned the wrong disk has been formatted by users in the past,
it's an easy mistake to make.
Again one way to eliminate this from happening is to disconnect the cable to
your Windows drive now that it's working correctly.
Next connect the drive you want to format (it should be the only drive
connected at this point) and perform a clean install of Windows to the drive
you wish to format. You will stop/abort the clean install after the point
were Windows install ask you to delete/partition/format the drive.

How to do a Clean Install of Windows XP:
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm
also: http://www.bootdisk.com/

Now that second drive should be wiped and formatted. Make certain that if
you plan to connect the second drive to your system that the drive jumpers
are set correctly, that is the Windows drive will not longer be set as
Single but as a Master and the second drive as a Slave.

JS
 
Thanks for the kind remarks but you were the one that actually walked Ed
carefully and step by step through the process, this is not something
everyone would or has the patience or skill to do!

JS
 
JS said:
As Pegasus mentioned the wrong disk has been formatted by users in the past,
it's an easy mistake to make.
Again one way to eliminate this from happening is to disconnect the cable to
your Windows drive now that it's working correctly.
Next connect the drive you want to format (it should be the only drive
connected at this point) and perform a clean install of Windows to the drive
you wish to format. You will stop/abort the clean install after the point
were Windows install ask you to delete/partition/format the drive.

How to do a Clean Install of Windows XP:
From Michael Steven's: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
more info: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm
and: http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_installation_of_windows_xp.htm
also: http://www.bootdisk.com/

Now that second drive should be wiped and formatted. Make certain that if
you plan to connect the second drive to your system that the drive jumpers
are set correctly, that is the Windows drive will not longer be set as
Single but as a Master and the second drive as a Slave.

JS
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I do, indeed, want to thank all who helped me with
my dual boot quagmire. It restores a little faith
in mankind when some would share valuable
information that resolves problems and not soak
the receipient for it. Thanks.
 
You're welcome.

JS

Ed Mc said:
I do, indeed, want to thank all who helped me with my dual boot quagmire.
It restores a little faith in mankind when some would share valuable
information that resolves problems and not soak the receipient for it.
Thanks.
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