Adding a 2nd OS to boot.ini

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I have two HDD's one has XP on it other has MC2005 on it. I formatted my XP drive few days ago and now i dont have MC2005 in the boot.ini thing so i cant select it to load.

What text do i add to boot.ini to get it to detect MC2005 ?

disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

is that right?

or do i add a 1 to disk(1) ??
 
I would guess (unless you have set your machine up in a non-standard manner) that (assuming MCE is installed on the first partition of the first disk) that it should read:

disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

and if youve installed XP to the second partition:

disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

with the obvious edits if youve installed them on separate hard drives
 
R5Rich said:
I have two HDD's one has XP on it other has MC2005 on it. I formatted my XP drive few days ago and now i dont have MC2005 in the boot.ini thing so i cant select it to load.

What text do i add to boot.ini to get it to detect MC2005 ?

disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Media Center Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

is that right?

or do i add a 1 to disk(1) ??
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Which boots first? ie what are the master/slave settings on your HDDs?

Its dead simple-Don't Panic ;)
 
scsi() scsi controller not enabledin bios
multi() any controller otehr than the scsi()

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)


multi= the controller 0 or 1
disk=0
rdisk=physical disk either 0 or 1 or 2 always starts with 0
partition= which partition the os is on this always starts with 1
\WINDOWS this is for the folder where the os is this is for xp, server
\WINNT this is for windows nt or 2000


or
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

boot.ini should look like below

[boot loader]
timeout=-1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="First harddisk, first partition" /sos
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Second harddisk,first partition" /sos


Format a floppy disk using a Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP or Server 2003 machine (not windows 9x!)
format a: /u


Copy NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR onto the floppy disk

opps had to edit it cuz i put 2 when it should be 1

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Second harddisk, second partition" /sos <---- wrong because its on a 2nd partition on a 2nd hdd but you wanted 2hdd on 1st partition.

when it should be 1

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Second harddisk, first partition" /sos <----- correct
 
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wicked thanq u i shall give it a shot now :D suprised to see anyone on now :P

o yeah XP Pro is on 1st HDD which is a SATA drive and MC2005 is on an IDE drive which is set to master any way.
 
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