-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Dual Boot

Don,
    Can you describe what you did to install these two instances?  I'm 
especially interested in the state of the system prior to your last 
installation of Windows.  For instance,

Was there only one OS on the entire system before you started installing the 
second OS?  This also includes a second drive or partition with an old, but 
no longer working install from the past.  If some old OS files were already 
on the second drive or partition, it may have overly confused the new 
Windows install.

Did it take more than one attempt to get the second OS to install 
completely?  If so, the files that provide the menu may have been overtly 
overwritten.  You can test this by opening up the C:\boot.ini file to make 
sure there is more than one OS recorded.  The second OS will be shown by a 
line that reads similar to 
"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="WinXP Pro [D]"" and it may 
have some switches (/noexecute=optin /fastdetect /usepmtimer) at the end of 
it.

Did you choose the Custom Install option and then tell it that you wanted to 
choose the location of the second install?  If both of these options were 
not chosen, the second install most likely overwrote the first.  You can 
test this theory by opening up Windows Explorer and taking a strong look 
inside the D:\ drive (assuming this is where you would expect the second OS 
to reside)

Peace,
GMan

"The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked!"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DSWabc" <dswabc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:15 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Dual Boot


>I have Win XP Home on one internal drive and just installed XP Pro on my 
>second internal drive.
> The last time I did that, on every reboot or turn on I was given the 
> choice of which OS to boot.  This time I wasn't.  I plan on switching to 
> XP Pro exclusively, but the boot option would certainly make the 
> transition easier.
>
> I didn't do anything to cause the option to appear, it just did.  Any 
> ideas on how to get it this time?  That would certainly be better than 
> having to F12 to the boot menu everytime.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don 


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