xp boot

[Paul]

Hi group
I have just installed xp pro on a slave drive...no problem so far. However
when used as the master drive I get the message "NTDLR is missing Press
CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart "
Any ideas please
Paul

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi group
I have just installed xp pro on a slave drive...no problem so far. However
when used as the master drive I get the message "NTDLR is missing Press
CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart "
Any ideas please
Paul

- Your WinXP boot files reside on your master drive.
You cannot boot without them.

- Even if you moved the boot files to your slave drive,
WinXP would not work: Its registry contains thousands
of references to your slave drive (presumably drive D.
When you turn the slave drive into the master drive,
these references are all wrong, because WinXP is now
visible on drive C:.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have just installed xp pro on a slave drive...no problem so far.
However when used as the master drive I get the message "NTDLR is
missing Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart "
Any ideas please

Just as a heads up, when you install Windows onto the "slave drive", the
boot record for the system is still stored on the master.