Hello,
All you need to do is to copy the boot.ini, NTLDR, NTDetect.com and
NTbootdd.sys(May not be present and if it isn't present it isn't needed.
If it is there it may be required, but if it's not there you do not need
it.)
install the new drive as the C Drive and install Windows 2000 to it.
backup the boot.ini file and replace the the files in the root with the
files you previously backed up. Verfiy the boot.ini setting for the arc
path are the same for Windows 2000 in the new file as they were in the old
file. They should be but check to be sure.
The Windows 2000 install will install the NT boot sector. you need the
NTLDR and NTDetect from Windows XP to be able to boot XP. Those copies
will boot both XP and Windows 2000. The boot.ini contains the settings for
both installs to point to the correct paths to load the rest of the OS so
it needs to be retained and modified if the path is changed with the new
install.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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| Good point, other Tim. But does anybody know if there
| >>is<< a way to preserve the dual boot, without imaging
| the current W2K drive?
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi, this is the other Tim (Daniels). If you're willing
| >to forego the dual-boot process provided in the
| >WinXP OS and instead use the BIOS to specifiy
| >which HD boots, just re-install Win2K on its HD
| >alone in the system with the other HD disconnected.
| >After Win2K has been booted alone for the 1st time,
| >re-introduce the HD that contains the WinXP OS.
| >Thereafter, just re-set the boot sequence in the
| >BIOS to make one or the other HD the booting
| >HD. It doesn't matter if they are Master/Slave on
| >one IDE channel or if they are Master/Master on
| >separate IDE channels.
| >
| >*TimDaniels*
| >
| >> Thanks, Tim, but...
| >>
| >> First, clarifications. Yes, as you assumed, there are
| two
| >> hard drives, each with one partition. And yes, I am
| very
| >> well aware of boot.ini, not to mention the hidden
| files
| >> and registry entries that need to be created on the
| new
| >> drive for W2K to function. But as for Ghost... for
| >> various irrelevant reasons, some things in the W2K
| >> installation are not quite right at present. (This is
| >> another reason, aside from increased capacity, to
| replace
| >> that drive.) Using Ghost (or other imaging program)
| will
| >> just replicate the existing incorrect settings. Is
| there
| >> a way to do a clean install of W2K, but recreate the
| dual
| >> boot setup I currently have?
| >>
| >> >-----Original Message-----
| >> >Hi,
| >> >
| >> >Firstly, I assume you have two physical drives in
| your
| >> >computer with one partition on each (i.e. a C: drive
| on
| >> >one disk and a D: drive on the other disk).
| >> >
| >> >If this is the case I would use an imaging software
| >> (like
| >> >Norton Ghost) to make an image of the C: partition
| and
| >> put
| >> >this image onto the second disk. Replace the C: disk
| >> with
| >> >a bigger one and use Norton Ghost to copy partition
| back.
| >> >
| >> >If you have just one disk, partitioned into a C: and
| a
| >> D:
| >> >then use Norton Ghost (again) to image the whole disk
| as
| >> a
| >> >file onto the new drive. Copy this image file onto
| old
| >> >disk. Configure your new disk as the master and
| second
| >> on
| >> >as slave. Boot off the ghost CD and then grab image
| of
| >> old
| >> >disk and put onto new disk.
| >> >
| >> >Confused ? I hope not
| >> >To put it simply - use Norton Ghost.
| >> >The C: partition contains all sorts of hiddden files
| on
| >> >the C: drive which allows you to use two operating
| >> >systems. If you reinstall Windows 2000 to C: then you
| >> will
| >> >only be able to boot into Windows 2000.
| >> >
| >> >Regards,
| >> >
| >> >Tim
| >> >
| >> >>-----Original Message-----
| >> >>I have a dual boot system with W2K on the C: drive
| and
| >> XP
| >> >>on the D: drive. When it was originally set up, I
| >> >>installed W2K first and XP second as instructed. I
| want
| >> >to
| >> >>replace the C: drive with a new, larger one. How can
| I
| >> >>keep the dual boot setup? Should I install W2K to
| the
| >> new
| >> >>C: drive with the D: drive temporarily disconnected,
| >> then
| >> >>restart with D: attached and reinstall XP? Or what?
| >> >Thanks
| >> >>for your advice!
| >> >>.
| >> >>
| >> >.
| >> >
| >.
| >
|
