XP & NT

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I installed a second hard drive and installed XP but NT
always boots first from the original drive. The only way
XP will boot is when the original drive is disconnected.
How can I get both drives working but with XP as the OS?
 
fred santos said:
I installed a second hard drive and installed XP but NT
always boots first from the original drive. The only way
XP will boot is when the original drive is disconnected.
How can I get both drives working but with XP as the OS?
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Boot your computer with the XP CDROM and do a Repair Install of XP as
per the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Note: It is possible that booting from the CD and using the Repair
(Recovery Console) option might fix the problem and that would be
quicker.

When the Recovery Console has finished loading and the system stops at
the Command Prompt enter the following command:

FIXBOOT

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
I installed a second hard drive and installed XP but NT
always boots first from the original drive. The only way
XP will boot is when the original drive is disconnected.
How can I get both drives working but with XP as the OS?
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Try here. Doug Knox has directions for installing 2000 after XP is
installed. Might work for NT4 also

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm

If NT was already installed. Xp should have allowed to setup a dual boot.

David
 
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