Hi
I have 2 HD IDE Conected as master an salve
On both i have Windows XP installed and using the Master Boot.ini i do multiboot and select which OS i use.
On the slave there is no Boot.ini and when iremove the master i cannot boot from the slave.
How do i make windows boot from the Slave HD?
Should i copy Boot.ini?
any other files?
Plaese help
help booting windows
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kenc51
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unplug the drive which is bootable and leave only the other drive in. Then boot from your xp cd and choose "repair". If it doesn't fix it automatically it will goto the "recovery console"
In the recovery console type "FIXMBR" & press enter
Then reboot
If you want to install the recovery console and have it as a boot option
Insert your XP CD
Goto start / run and type "d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons" (subsitute "d:" for whatever letter your cdrom is)
In the recovery console type "FIXMBR" & press enter
Then reboot
If you want to install the recovery console and have it as a boot option
Insert your XP CD
Goto start / run and type "d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons" (subsitute "d:" for whatever letter your cdrom is)
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you might need to fix the bootloader on the other hdd first, before you can install the recovery console.
If I was you, I'd just use the XP CD and boot with only the unbootable hdd plugged in...............then chose repair. This will get you into the recovery console.
Installing the console as an extra boot option can be usefull, but I will also slow down your pc booting because you will get a new menu @ startup.
The console is usefull for fixing things, but using the CD is just a good and less messy.
What I do is, I install XP etc. on the HDD's as normal......ie. so I don't have the dualboot option on startup. I then just press "Esc" when the bios is loading and choose which HDD to boot from. This way I don't have to mess around with the master boot record(s)
I also install Linux onto EVERY HDD I own. I just install the mininmum amout of software/packages and use only a 500mb partition. You'll never miss 500mb of space, but If windows gets wrecked or I want to move a HDD, I still can get access to my files by booting Linux. I can backup the data accross my LAN and the reinstall windoze.....currently I have ~7-8 HDDs.....and all of them are bootable and configured to access by lan and the web.
I hope everything works out for you........
If I was you, I'd just use the XP CD and boot with only the unbootable hdd plugged in...............then chose repair. This will get you into the recovery console.
Installing the console as an extra boot option can be usefull, but I will also slow down your pc booting because you will get a new menu @ startup.
The console is usefull for fixing things, but using the CD is just a good and less messy.
What I do is, I install XP etc. on the HDD's as normal......ie. so I don't have the dualboot option on startup. I then just press "Esc" when the bios is loading and choose which HDD to boot from. This way I don't have to mess around with the master boot record(s)
I also install Linux onto EVERY HDD I own. I just install the mininmum amout of software/packages and use only a 500mb partition. You'll never miss 500mb of space, but If windows gets wrecked or I want to move a HDD, I still can get access to my files by booting Linux. I can backup the data accross my LAN and the reinstall windoze.....currently I have ~7-8 HDDs.....and all of them are bootable and configured to access by lan and the web.
I hope everything works out for you........
thanks for the tipskenc51 wrote:you might need to fix the bootloader on the other hdd first, before you can install the recovery console.
If I was you, I'd just use the XP CD and boot with only the unbootable hdd plugged in...............then chose repair. This will get you into the recovery console.
Installing the console as an extra boot option can be usefull, but I will also slow down your pc booting because you will get a new menu @ startup.
The console is usefull for fixing things, but using the CD is just a good and less messy.
What I do is, I install XP etc. on the HDD's as normal......ie. so I don't have the dualboot option on startup. I then just press "Esc" when the bios is loading and choose which HDD to boot from. This way I don't have to mess around with the master boot record(s)
I also install Linux onto EVERY HDD I own. I just install the mininmum amout of software/packages and use only a 500mb partition. You'll never miss 500mb of space, but If windows gets wrecked or I want to move a HDD, I still can get access to my files by booting Linux. I can backup the data accross my LAN and the reinstall windoze.....currently I have ~7-8 HDDs.....and all of them are bootable and configured to access by lan and the web.
I hope everything works out for you........
Can you be more specific about the linux part?
What distro u r using?
How to config it?
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On my main HDD I install XP as normal, then install SuSe linux. When insalling suse I chose to use only ~400mb for data and 100mb as a swap partition (pagefile)
This then gives me a boot menu.....I can chose either XP or SuSe....to boot into.
Then with all my other HDD's. I install Just SuSe......again with just ~500mb used. The HDD is bootable, but I set the Bios to boot from the main HDD.
This way, if XP doesn't/can't boot. I chose Linux from the boot menu....Linux boots into a desktop and I can then see all my files and folders. If needed I can then backup that data to my second rig, to a usb hdd or to the laptop.
Also since Linux is also on all of my other drives, I can set the bios to boot from any other drive and again get into a desktop and use/backup files etc.
I've found it very usefull. I can even take out ANY hdd I own and boot from it and get online or backup etc.
I dont use these Linux installs for day to day use......only for data recovery etc. I have a full install of Linux on one of my hdds and also on the laptop.
Most linux distros can re-size your XP ~(ntfs) partition when installing...
With your main hdd you need to install XP b4 installing Linux, otherwise XP will overwrite the linux bootloader......but if you install Linux after XP, Linux will install it's own bootloader (GRUB or Lilo) and allow you to boot into XP.
XP can't "see" the Linux partition (bless it), so that data is always safe.......
When installing SuSe I only install "XFce" desktop...It uses very little memory and hdd space but is still easy to use. Ii don't install openoffice, kde, gnome or any sever crap. By selecting only the minimum amout of stuff you can get Linux down to ~200mb or less if you want........ALOT less if you want only the command line (I'm not that good yet)
Anotheer option is to use "Feather Linux". it's only 180mb, but it's a biit more difficult to configure network file sharing via Samba (manually edit config files)
It only takes me ~30mins to install and fully setup and it only needs to be done once on most hdds.......it's the first thing I do with a new HDD b4 creating the NTFS partition. On the main HDD, if you need to reinstall XP, you need to repair Linux via the install CD afterwards..~5mins work....
This then gives me a boot menu.....I can chose either XP or SuSe....to boot into.
Then with all my other HDD's. I install Just SuSe......again with just ~500mb used. The HDD is bootable, but I set the Bios to boot from the main HDD.
This way, if XP doesn't/can't boot. I chose Linux from the boot menu....Linux boots into a desktop and I can then see all my files and folders. If needed I can then backup that data to my second rig, to a usb hdd or to the laptop.
Also since Linux is also on all of my other drives, I can set the bios to boot from any other drive and again get into a desktop and use/backup files etc.
I've found it very usefull. I can even take out ANY hdd I own and boot from it and get online or backup etc.
I dont use these Linux installs for day to day use......only for data recovery etc. I have a full install of Linux on one of my hdds and also on the laptop.
Most linux distros can re-size your XP ~(ntfs) partition when installing...
With your main hdd you need to install XP b4 installing Linux, otherwise XP will overwrite the linux bootloader......but if you install Linux after XP, Linux will install it's own bootloader (GRUB or Lilo) and allow you to boot into XP.
XP can't "see" the Linux partition (bless it), so that data is always safe.......
When installing SuSe I only install "XFce" desktop...It uses very little memory and hdd space but is still easy to use. Ii don't install openoffice, kde, gnome or any sever crap. By selecting only the minimum amout of stuff you can get Linux down to ~200mb or less if you want........ALOT less if you want only the command line (I'm not that good yet)
Anotheer option is to use "Feather Linux". it's only 180mb, but it's a biit more difficult to configure network file sharing via Samba (manually edit config files)
It only takes me ~30mins to install and fully setup and it only needs to be done once on most hdds.......it's the first thing I do with a new HDD b4 creating the NTFS partition. On the main HDD, if you need to reinstall XP, you need to repair Linux via the install CD afterwards..~5mins work....