How to prepare 2nd hdd for XPe bootable

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Howard Hao

Hi All,
Tks all your advise but I have crashed 20 hdd and still
have not succeeded boot XPe from 2nd hdd yet.
Who can list detailed steps begin with partition hdd,
format it, any extra steps like Bootprep and build XPe on
it. I will need detailed command step by step required for
each operation. Tks a lot !

Howard Hao
 
Are you leaving the original hard drive in, or removing it
before trying to boot XPe?
 
If you have fist hdd bootable, and second hdd, then do following.

Create any type of partition (FAT, NTFS) on second HDD. Don't need to
activate it or bootprep it.

In TD:
Set ARC name to multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)
Boot disk C:
All other fields D:\ or higher depends on your hardware config.


Modify boot.ini on C: so it should like:

[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
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Embedded"
/fastdetect


Build from TD to disk 2 partition.

And you should be ok.

Note: Drive letter that you will see from WinXP is not always the drive
letter that you will use in TD.
Example Win XP could see sec disk partition as E: and BIOS could see it as
D:

If you run in any problems, post in this NG.
But quote everything you see on the screen, and give us description of what
you have done so we would know what is potential problem.


Best regards,
Slobodan
 
Heidi,
Let me ask some silly questions,
Where is this setting of "boot arc path"? On the boot.ini
file be build on 2nd hdd?

When build the image, the 2nd hdd is on D:, so have to set
to build on D: ?

Those crashed hdd can't even be recognized by fdisk, it
shows disk error. I think I need to physical format it.
Where is the diskadministrator? Is it on the
administration tools on XP?

Tks!
Howard
 
Slobodan,
Very strange, I used to have no errors during build
after dependency check. But recently lots lots errors came
out from previously saved configuration which used to have
no error at all?
Does evaluation copy have any limitation on times of
usage?
What eval copy can't do compared with the real one?
Tks!
Howard
 
-----Original Message-----
Heidi,
Let me ask some silly questions,
Where is this setting of "boot arc path"? On the boot.ini
file be build on 2nd hdd?
Click to expand...

It's in the target designer. You see in the build settings
(the settings right at the top, under the name of your
build) where it says Target Device Settings? The Drive and
Boot ARC Path go in there. XPe then creates the boot.ini
for you.
When build the image, the 2nd hdd is on D:, so have to set
to build on D: ?
Click to expand...

NO. You're removing the first hard drive, so the second
one *becomes* C. What the drive letters are while you're
building is irrelevant.
Those crashed hdd can't even be recognized by fdisk, it
shows disk error. I think I need to physical format it.
Where is the diskadministrator? Is it on the
administration tools on XP?
Click to expand...

How the hedgehog did you manage that? I'm impressed. I'm
also impressed that you didn't give up because I would
have run away screaming after two 'dead' disks...
I'm not sure where Disk Administrator is under XP, as I
use NT4. Hang on, let me nick someone else's machine for a
minute...ah, it's Disk Management, under Computer
Management, in the Administrative Tools Control Panel.
 
Howard,

Very strange, I used to have no errors during build
after dependency check. But recently lots lots errors came
out from previously saved configuration which used to have
no error at all?
Click to expand...
How is this question related to question you asked in this thread?
Does evaluation copy have any limitation on times of
usage?
Click to expand...

No. Only image that you build is time limited.
Only difference is that you can't enter PID number in eval version, so
everything else is the same.
What eval copy can't do compared with the real one?
Click to expand...
They are the same.

You should read all tips from net, try searching this group also. And read
doc that came with XPE .

Best regards,
Slobodan
 
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