Dual Boot

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MedRxMan

I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D partition
and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the old D will now
become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.

TIA,

BL
 
MedRxMan said:
I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D partition
and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the old D will now
become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition.
Don't touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation
just yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your
changes work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if
you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the
line for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the worse!

John
 
Thank you...
I have prepared for the worst with an image of each file..
John John (MVP) said:
MedRxMan said:
I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D partition
and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the old D will
now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new location
of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if you can
boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line for the
original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this kind
of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the worse!

John
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome, good luck.

John
Thank you...
I have prepared for the worst with an image of each file..
MedRxMan wrote:

I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D partition
and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the old D will
now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new location
of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if you can
boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line for the
original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this kind
of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
would I use a semi-colon (;) in front of the original line so it won't
execute?

John John (MVP) said:
MedRxMan said:
I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D partition
and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the old D will
now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new location
of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if you can
boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line for the
original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this kind
of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the worse!

John
Click to expand...
 
never mind...I see the new and old lines..

Thanks

BL

MedRxMan said:
would I use a semi-colon (;) in front of the original line so it won't
execute?

John John (MVP) said:
MedRxMan said:
I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the
old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if
you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line
for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the
worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
One more question:

Since there are 2 separate hard drives, after I partition Drive C into C and
D could I use a copy utility ( I have Drive Image which has a drive copy
feature) to copy the old D drive to the New D drive and use the new Boot.ini
on the C drive ?

or would I be better off restoring the image?

Thanks again

I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the
old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.
Click to expand...

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if
you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line
for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the
worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That should work just fine, providing that the utility can read the file
system of the old D drive, I don't know how you set up your dual boot,
the files system could be FAT32 or NTFS.

John
One more question:

Since there are 2 separate hard drives, after I partition Drive C into C and
D could I use a copy utility ( I have Drive Image which has a drive copy
feature) to copy the old D drive to the New D drive and use the new Boot.ini
on the C drive ?

or would I be better off restoring the image?

Thanks again


I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move the
current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure the
old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.

Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition. Don't
touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP installation just
yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure that your changes
work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see if
you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping the line
for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the
worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
PS. For your new Windows XP installation to work properly on the new
partition it *must* retain its original drive letter assignment (D:).
When you boot your new Windows XP clone on the new partition the system
may be assigned a drive letter other than D:, to avoid this drive
lettering problem you can temporarily disable the second hard drive
(your current D: drive) in the BIOS or unplug it before you boot the new
Windows installation for the first time, you can re enable the drive
after the first boot. You can verify the drive letter assignment by
issuing the SET SYSTEMDRIVE command at the Command Prompt. If your new
installation is assigned a drive letter other than D: post back and we
can easily fix that, it isn't a big deal to fix.

John
That should work just fine, providing that the utility can read the file
system of the old D drive, I don't know how you set up your dual boot,
the files system could be FAT32 or NTFS.

John
One more question:

Since there are 2 separate hard drives, after I partition Drive C into
C and D could I use a copy utility ( I have Drive Image which has a
drive copy feature) to copy the old D drive to the New D drive and use
the new Boot.ini on the C drive ?

or would I be better off restoring the image?

Thanks again


I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move
the current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure
the old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.


Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third
party partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly
available space, then restore your Windows XP image to the newly
created partition. Don't touch or change the second drive with the
Windows XP installation just yet, keep the installation intact until
you are sure that your changes work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to
see if you can boot the new installation while at the same time
keeping the line for the original installation, the boot.ini file
would look like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do
this kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared
for the worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Really glad you mentioned the disabling or unpluging the old "D" drive
first. I assumed(hate that word) the old "D" drive would become "E".
On this PC all drives are FAT 32.

Again,

Thank you,

BL
John John (MVP) said:
PS. For your new Windows XP installation to work properly on the new
partition it *must* retain its original drive letter assignment (D:). When
you boot your new Windows XP clone on the new partition the system may be
assigned a drive letter other than D:, to avoid this drive lettering
problem you can temporarily disable the second hard drive (your current D:
drive) in the BIOS or unplug it before you boot the new Windows
installation for the first time, you can re enable the drive after the
first boot. You can verify the drive letter assignment by issuing the SET
SYSTEMDRIVE command at the Command Prompt. If your new installation is
assigned a drive letter other than D: post back and we can easily fix
that, it isn't a big deal to fix.

John
That should work just fine, providing that the utility can read the file
system of the old D drive, I don't know how you set up your dual boot,
the files system could be FAT32 or NTFS.

John
One more question:

Since there are 2 separate hard drives, after I partition Drive C into C
and D could I use a copy utility ( I have Drive Image which has a drive
copy feature) to copy the old D drive to the New D drive and use the new
Boot.ini on the C drive ?

or would I be better off restoring the image?

Thanks again



I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move
the current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure
the old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.


Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition.
Don't touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP
installation just yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure
that your changes work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see
if you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping
the line for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look
like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the
worse!

John
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
If all the drives are FAT32 you should be able to boot to your Windows
98 installation after you repartition the drive and you should be able
to simply Xcopy the old D: drive to the new one.

Re: the drive letter assignment. Windows XP keeps a record of
previously assigned drive letters in its registry and when it reboots it
reassigns the same drive letters to the same drives, if your XP copy
sees the old D: drive it will reassign it the same drive letter and it
will assign the next available to the newly created partition.

John
Really glad you mentioned the disabling or unpluging the old "D" drive
first. I assumed(hate that word) the old "D" drive would become "E".
On this PC all drives are FAT 32.

Again,

Thank you,

BL
PS. For your new Windows XP installation to work properly on the new
partition it *must* retain its original drive letter assignment (D:). When
you boot your new Windows XP clone on the new partition the system may be
assigned a drive letter other than D:, to avoid this drive lettering
problem you can temporarily disable the second hard drive (your current D:
drive) in the BIOS or unplug it before you boot the new Windows
installation for the first time, you can re enable the drive after the
first boot. You can verify the drive letter assignment by issuing the SET
SYSTEMDRIVE command at the Command Prompt. If your new installation is
assigned a drive letter other than D: post back and we can easily fix
that, it isn't a big deal to fix.

John
That should work just fine, providing that the utility can read the file
system of the old D drive, I don't know how you set up your dual boot,
the files system could be FAT32 or NTFS.

John

MedRxMan wrote:


One more question:

Since there are 2 separate hard drives, after I partition Drive C into C
and D could I use a copy utility ( I have Drive Image which has a drive
copy feature) to copy the old D drive to the New D drive and use the new
Boot.ini on the C drive ?

or would I be better off restoring the image?

Thanks again




I currently dual boot WIN98SE with Win XP Pro.
I have 2 hard drives. C & D
C drive is WIn 98 SE
D drive is Win XP Pro

I have an image of both drives if needed.

I would like to split te C drive into C and D and then either move
the current D to the new D or install the image of D onto the new D
partition and use the old D drive as storage, I am reasonably sure
the old D will now become E.

My Current Boot.ini is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
=============================================

How would I accomplish my mission.


Resize the C: partition on your first hard drive with your third party
partitioning tool and create a new one from the newly available space,
then restore your Windows XP image to the newly created partition.
Don't touch or change the second drive with the Windows XP
installation just yet, keep the installation intact until you are sure
that your changes work properly.

Edit the boot.ini file and adjust the ARC path to reflect the new
location of the XP installation, you can just add another line to see
if you can boot the new installation while at the same time keeping
the line for the original installation, the boot.ini file would look
like this:

boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="New Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows"

Of course, you already know that anything can happen when you do this
kind of partitioning work, it should go well but be prepared for the
worse!

John
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