Boot to either of two drives, then only one

  • Thread starter Thread starter William B. Lurie
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(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get ahead of
me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see, yes I
goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery
Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if you like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
--
Cheers,
Alphonse

P.S. - To run fdisk /mbr all you need is a win98 bootdisk, if you can get
one or download it.
 
Alphonse, I really don't want to make any boot changes to my Master
Drive, not until I have another drive which works in Master
position. That's my idea of playing it safe. Rethink it just a little,
and tell me again, and this time please review what you want the
two long lines to read. Don't you want the first line to read disk(0)
which you want me to change to disk(1) on the second line?

Remember, it is my goal to make the *second* drive work all alone
in Master position, what's the point of changing anything on the
Master itself, when we're going to unplug that one and fire up the
other one?
(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get ahead of
me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see, yes I
goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery
Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if you like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
Click to expand...
 
William said:
Alphonse, I really don't want to make any boot changes to my Master
Drive, not until I have another drive which works in Master
position. That's my idea of playing it safe. Rethink it just a little,
and tell me again, and this time please review what you want the
two long lines to read. Don't you want the first line to read disk(0)
which you want me to change to disk(1) on the second line?

Remember, it is my goal to make the *second* drive work all alone
in Master position, what's the point of changing anything on the
Master itself, when we're going to unplug that one and fire up the
other one?
(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get
ahead of me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see, yes
I goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery
Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1" /fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if you
like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
The whole concept of magnetic storage will be long obsolete before you
ever get this to work.
 
Alphonse, I've made the boot.ini on my
SP2 drive the following:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional
SP2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Is that what you want? If so, what do I do next?
Bill
William said:
Alphonse, I really don't want to make any boot changes to my Master
Drive, not until I have another drive which works in Master
position. That's my idea of playing it safe. Rethink it just a little,
and tell me again, and this time please review what you want the
two long lines to read. Don't you want the first line to read disk(0)
which you want me to change to disk(1) on the second line?

Remember, it is my goal to make the *second* drive work all alone
in Master position, what's the point of changing anything on the
Master itself, when we're going to unplug that one and fire up the
other one?
(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get
ahead of me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see, yes
I goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and
Recovery Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if you
like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hmmmm, Alphonse.....I hope you're just 'away' and not stumped.
With that boot.ini on my SP2 drive, if I try it as Master, it
stops right after BIOS at 'Boot from CD'......, where it hangs.
And I've tried changing drive letter of that drive from G: as
it was, to D: which was vacant, with same results........
Either way, it boots up fine in Slave position as HDD-1, but
hangs at same place if I make it Master/HDD-0.
William said:
Alphonse, I've made the boot.ini on my
SP2 drive the following:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional
SP2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Is that what you want? If so, what do I do next?
Bill
William said:
Alphonse, I really don't want to make any boot changes to my Master
Drive, not until I have another drive which works in Master
position. That's my idea of playing it safe. Rethink it just a little,
and tell me again, and this time please review what you want the
two long lines to read. Don't you want the first line to read disk(0)
which you want me to change to disk(1) on the second line?

Remember, it is my goal to make the *second* drive work all alone
in Master position, what's the point of changing anything on the
Master itself, when we're going to unplug that one and fire up the
other one?

Alphonse wrote:

(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get
ahead of me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see,
yes I goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and
Recovery Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if
you like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Al, although you haven't advised further, I have progress to report.
I took still another hard drive on which I had made a full copy
of the Master, and somehow I fired it up and it booted properly.
If I knew why, I'd be happy. If I knew what's different, I'd be happy.
I hate to be in a "It ain't broke, don't fix it" mode, but all I can say
is, if I find out what's different, I'll let you know. Right now I have the
next problem, on which I'll start a new thread, namely, my mail and
address and bookmark files are in a folder that's under c:\Documents &.....
and I'm trying to find out how to copy those to a separate file or directory
so that I can copy them to CD and have them handy to fall back on.
Or really how to copy them to the same place on my "spare" hard drive.
Bill L.
Hmmmm, Alphonse.....I hope you're just 'away' and not stumped.
With that boot.ini on my SP2 drive, if I try it as Master, it
stops right after BIOS at 'Boot from CD'......, where it hangs.
And I've tried changing drive letter of that drive from G: as
it was, to D: which was vacant, with same results........
Either way, it boots up fine in Slave position as HDD-1, but
hangs at same place if I make it Master/HDD-0.
William said:
Alphonse, I've made the boot.ini on my
SP2 drive the following:

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional
SP2" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

Is that what you want? If so, what do I do next?
Bill
William B. Lurie wrote:

Alphonse, I really don't want to make any boot changes to my Master
Drive, not until I have another drive which works in Master
position. That's my idea of playing it safe. Rethink it just a little,
and tell me again, and this time please review what you want the
two long lines to read. Don't you want the first line to read disk(0)
which you want me to change to disk(1) on the second line?

Remember, it is my goal to make the *second* drive work all alone
in Master position, what's the point of changing anything on the
Master itself, when we're going to unplug that one and fire up the
other one?

Alphonse wrote:

(Just before I sent this one I got your last post... pls don't get
ahead of me or we will be doing two different things. ;-) )
No. Actually I was thinking of doing it on Master. Now let's see,
yes I goofed... It's Settings, not Properties, button for St&Rec
Right-clicking My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and
Recovery Settings, Edit, and do as followings:
- find the line that looks like this
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect
/NoExecute=OptIn
- copy and paste it right below the first
On this second line
- change disk(0) to disk(1)
- change the comment in quotes to something like I wrote here, if
you like.

(Now it should look something like this)
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Win XP Pro HD-1"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

- Save, close, and OK out.
- Reboot, and when you get the menu, select 2.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I don't know your understanding of the windows xp behaviuor.
You can change your My documents by klicking rightmouse knop on My documents
under the start menu.

If you change the selected folder c:\documents and setting\your name\my
documents to (sample) D:\My docs, then Windows wil refer always to the new
location.

As same with other folders under C:\documents and settings\username, even
the hidden folders, you can cut and past on every place you want it to be.

For me i have al the neccesary folders placed in my My documents folder on
an different HDD zo that if i have to re-install the system i have alwas the
exact same system settings.
Think about the standard sent to folder.
I have changed enough in it to worrie me every next time, so i made the
standard folder to be on that other HDD.
Just by cutting the c:\documents and settings\....\sent to folder to mij
D:\My documents folder.
As this is an standard handling for me in every installation i know that if
you only repeat those handlings everytime you install an new windows xp
system, or re install your windows xp system than everytime you have
re-installed your windows xp you can start with the same settings as before.

You can see the sent to folder if you change the folder settings so that you
see every file ( hidden or not)


PLease forgive me my bad english.
I hope you understand what i mean.
Greetings from the Netherlands
Frank



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