can't run xp anymore!

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I have a computer with two drives. I installed windows 2003 server, web edition, on one drive and windows xp on the second drive and things were fine until I reformatted the windows server drive and installed windows server 2003 standard. Now the only OS that I can use is Windows server 2003 standard; Windows XP choice is not available at startup. What can I do to have the choice to select xp or server 2003 at start up, short of reinstalling xp again? I don't understand why installing Windows 2003 on a separate drive should hide xp installation. thanks.
 
Because the installation of the 2003 server messed with the MBR and,
probably, the boot.ini so XP is no longer visible.

Reinstall XP.

samm said:
I have a computer with two drives. I installed windows 2003 server, web
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edition, on one drive and windows xp on the second drive and things were
fine until I reformatted the windows server drive and installed windows
server 2003 standard. Now the only OS that I can use is Windows server 2003
standard; Windows XP choice is not available at startup. What can I do to
have the choice to select xp or server 2003 at start up, short of
reinstalling xp again? I don't understand why installing Windows 2003 on a
separate drive should hide xp installation. thanks.
 
What you did was wipe the Bootloader for both drives. XP placed the
loader on Win2003 Server drive. You can fix it.
Just use Recovery Console. Check here.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q314058 You are
interested in bootcfg.
samm said:
I have a computer with two drives. I installed windows 2003 server, web
Click to expand...
edition, on one drive and windows xp on the second drive and things were
fine until I reformatted the windows server drive and installed windows
server 2003 standard. Now the only OS that I can use is Windows server 2003
standard; Windows XP choice is not available at startup. What can I do to
have the choice to select xp or server 2003 at start up, short of
reinstalling xp again? I don't understand why installing Windows 2003 on a
separate drive should hide xp installation. thanks.
 
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