WINXP + WIN95 boot sector question

[dhe87]

Hi,

Current configuration

1 HD with WINXP - NTFS (c:/)

Future wanted situation :

2 hard disks

1st HD with WIN95 - FAT32 (c:/)
2nd HD with WINXP - NTFS (d:/) - this is my current c:\

2 questions :
1/ can I add a XP bootsector to the HD with WIN95 ? How ?
2/ Will WiNXP on nd drive still work ? was c:/ and will become c:/

Tx in advance,

Dirk

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Dirk,

Use a boot manager, it will save you a lot of grief and headaches. Boot
Managers and Partitioning programs:

BootIT NG www.terabyteunlimited.com
Partition Magic www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic
Partition Commander http://www.v-com.com/product/pc_ind.html

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Alex Nichol]

1 HD with WINXP - NTFS (c:/)

Future wanted situation :

2 hard disks

1st HD with WIN95 - FAT32 (c:/)
2nd HD with WINXP - NTFS (d:/) - this is my current c:\

2 questions :
1/ can I add a XP bootsector to the HD with WIN95 ? How ?
2/ Will WiNXP on nd drive still work ? was c:/ and will become c:/

First, the hard drive designations are not absolutes, but set up by the
system itself as it boots. Your better bet here is to leave the XP as
it is and arrange to boot the second drive separately.

The 98 will make itself C as it boots. On the XP (unless you then go in
for a total reinstall) it will make itself C still and see the 98 as D:.
Changing that is impracticable as C: is inbuilt right through the XP
registry by now, and the 'dual boot ' you can set up from the 98 disk
would want it as D:

This really calls for a separate Boot Manager - I use BootIT NG, from
http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware - 30 day full functional trial)

In that you can set up separate 'boot instances' to boot from the two
partitions - and also to hide the 98 from the XP which would probably be
a good idea