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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217210 -- Dan DiNicolo MCSE, CCNP, CCDA http://www.2000trainers.com "Peter Will" wrote in message ... What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? |
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Hi, Peter.
This newsgroup is fine. The question comes up often here, and a scan of prior messages might have saved you the effort of asking it again. In brief, the answer is that the process can be complicated if you've already installed WinXP and want to add WinME, especially if your Drive C: is formatted NTFS. But, if you want to add WinXP to an existing WinME, and if you have at least one additional partition (on any HD in your computer) to install WinXP into, then the process is very easy: Just boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts to install it into that other partition. WinXP Setup will automatically create the dual-boot system. If you need more details, please post back, giving more details, especially which OS is already installed, how many HDs you have and how they are partitioned and formatted. It might be important to know a few more details, such as make and model of computer (or mobo/chipset if you built it yourself), and whether your HDs are other than the generic IDE/ATA type. We won't know what else to ask you until we know some of these things. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP "Peter Will" wrote in message ... What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? |
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Thanks for the reply. I followed a lot of disjointed info on the Microsoft
help site and did the following. I have two hard drives, a Seagate 40 (C and a WD 20 (D. I partitioned the 40 to 31 (partition 1) and 9 (partition 2). Microsoft was imperative about the order for loading so I set up Me first on partition 2. At that point it would boot into Me without problem. I then installed XP on partition 1. I then had to modify boot.ini to list the send version (Me). The operating systems listing looks like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Millennium Edition" When I boot I have the list of choices for both of those. It will boot without problem into XP but when I select the Me it will not boot but comes up with the "hal.dll" error. I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base suggestions and booted from the XP CD and used 'bootcfg'. Scan and list does not find the Me installation. The only way I have found to get the entry into the boot.ini is to enter it manually. That kind of states the problem. "Dan DiNicolo" wrote in message ... You can find details he http://support.microsoft.com/kb/217210 -- Dan DiNicolo MCSE, CCNP, CCDA http://www.2000trainers.com "Peter Will" wrote in message ... What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? |
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Thanks for the reply. I followed a lot of disjointed info on the Microsoft
help site and did the following. I have two hard drives, a Seagate 40 (C and a WD 20 (D. I partitioned the 40 to 31 (partition 1) and 9 (partition 2). Microsoft was imperative about the order for loading so I set up Me first on partition 2. At that point it would boot into Me without problem. I then installed XP on partition 1. I then had to modify boot.ini to list the send version (Me). The operating systems listing looks like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Millennium Edition" When I boot I have the list of choices for both of those. It will boot without problem into XP but when I select the Me it will not boot but comes up with the "hal.dll" error. I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base suggestions and booted from the XP CD and used 'bootcfg'. Scan and list does not find the Me installation. The only way I have found to get the entry into the boot.ini is to enter it manually. That kind of states the problem. "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Peter. This newsgroup is fine. The question comes up often here, and a scan of prior messages might have saved you the effort of asking it again. In brief, the answer is that the process can be complicated if you've already installed WinXP and want to add WinME, especially if your Drive C: is formatted NTFS. But, if you want to add WinXP to an existing WinME, and if you have at least one additional partition (on any HD in your computer) to install WinXP into, then the process is very easy: Just boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts to install it into that other partition. WinXP Setup will automatically create the dual-boot system. If you need more details, please post back, giving more details, especially which OS is already installed, how many HDs you have and how they are partitioned and formatted. It might be important to know a few more details, such as make and model of computer (or mobo/chipset if you built it yourself), and whether your HDs are other than the generic IDE/ATA type. We won't know what else to ask you until we know some of these things. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP "Peter Will" wrote in message ... What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? |
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Peter Will wrote:
What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? This is as good a place as any, I should think. There is no Microsoft newsgroup dedicated solely to dual-booting. The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x/Me and WinXP would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows: C: Primary FAT32 Win9x/Me/Legacy Apps D: Extended NTFS WinXP/Modern Apps Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s) size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its applications. Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large disk support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.) Install Win9x/Me first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows directory. When you subsequently install WinXP, be sure to specify "D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other partition. The WinXP installation routine will automatically set up a Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this menu can be readily edited from within WinXP. NOTE: If you elect to place Win9x/Me on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive as FAT32. This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the second operating system on the second hard drive. It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared applications, but it would be necessary for such a partition to be formatted in the common file format (FAT32). The applications would also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper system file placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the bulk of the program files could be located on this common partition. I do not, however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to uninstall such an application from one OS, you may not be able to gracefully uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial installation data during the first uninstall action. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap): http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q217/2/10.ASP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../multiboot.asp -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Thanks for the reply. I followed a lot of disjointed info on the Microsoft help site and did the following. I have two hard drives, a Seagate 40 (C and a WD 20 (D. I partitioned the 40 to 31 (partition 1) and 9 (partition 2). Microsoft was imperative about the order for loading so I set up Me first on partition 2. At that point it would boot into Me without problem. I then installed XP on partition 1. I then had to modify boot.ini to list the send version (Me). The operating systems listing looks like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Millennium Edition" When I boot I have the list of choices for both of those. It will boot without problem into XP but when I select the Me it will not boot but comes up with the "hal.dll" error. I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base suggestions and booted from the XP CD and used 'bootcfg'. Scan and list does not find the Me installation. The only way I have found to get the entry into the boot.ini is to enter it manually. That kind of states the problem. It sounds like, during the WinXP installation, you may have formatted and possibly converted "partition 1" to NTFS. This would have immediately rendered the WinME installation unbootable. IT's essential system files were still located on "partition 1." -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Thank you for the info
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Peter Will wrote: What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? This is as good a place as any, I should think. There is no Microsoft newsgroup dedicated solely to dual-booting. The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x/Me and WinXP would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows: C: Primary FAT32 Win9x/Me/Legacy Apps D: Extended NTFS WinXP/Modern Apps Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s) size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its applications. Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large disk support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.) Install Win9x/Me first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows directory. When you subsequently install WinXP, be sure to specify "D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other partition. The WinXP installation routine will automatically set up a Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this menu can be readily edited from within WinXP. NOTE: If you elect to place Win9x/Me on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive as FAT32. This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the second operating system on the second hard drive. It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared applications, but it would be necessary for such a partition to be formatted in the common file format (FAT32). The applications would also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper system file placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the bulk of the program files could be located on this common partition. I do not, however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to uninstall such an application from one OS, you may not be able to gracefully uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial installation data during the first uninstall action. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap): http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q217/2/10.ASP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../multiboot.asp -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Added info, if needed:
How to Install Windows 98/Me after Installing Windows XP http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm How to Install W2K to its Own Partition after installing XP http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm -- Happy New Year, Kelly (MS-MVP) Troubleshooting Windows XP http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com "Peter Will" wrote in message ... Thank you for the info "Bruce Chambers" wrote in message ... Peter Will wrote: What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? This is as good a place as any, I should think. There is no Microsoft newsgroup dedicated solely to dual-booting. The simplest way I've found to dual boot between Win9x/Me and WinXP would be to partition your drive(s) roughly as follows: C: Primary FAT32 Win9x/Me/Legacy Apps D: Extended NTFS WinXP/Modern Apps Adjust the partition sizes according to your actual hard drive(s) size and the amount of space you'd like to allocate to each OS and its applications. Create the partitions using Win9x's FDISK so you can enable large disk support (FAT32). (No need for 3rd party partitioning utilities/boot managers and their frequent complications.) Install Win9x/Me first, being sure to select "C:\Windows" (or D:\Windows, if you prefer) when asked for the default Windows directory. When you subsequently install WinXP, be sure to specify "D:\Winnt" (or "D:\Windows," "C:\Winnt" as referred/applicable) when asked for the default Windows directory, to place it in the other partition. The WinXP installation routine will automatically set up a Multi-boot menu for you. The default settings for this menu can be readily edited from within WinXP. NOTE: If you elect to place Win9x/Me on the "D:" drive, you'll _have_ to leave the "C:" drive as FAT32. This method can be adapted to using 2 physical hard drives by placing the boot partition (C:, which still must be FAT32) and either of the operating systems on the Primary Master hard drive, and the second operating system on the second hard drive. It is also possible to have a 3rd partition for shared applications, but it would be necessary for such a partition to be formatted in the common file format (FAT32). The applications would also have to be installed into each OS (to ensure proper system file placement and registry updates), one at a time, but the bulk of the program files could be located on this common partition. I do not, however, actually recommend doing this as, if you were to uninstall such an application from one OS, you may not be able to gracefully uninstall it from the second OS, having already deleted crucial installation data during the first uninstall action. Just about everything you need to know (URLs may wrap): http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q217/2/10.ASP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../multiboot.asp -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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Hi, Peter.
It appears you have misunderstood much of the "disjointed info" you have received. :( Maybe it's time for the long version of my usual description of Microsoft's dual boot scenario. First, C: is not your physical hard drive. A hard drive is never assigned a "drive" letter. That's a misnomer which we won't be able to change because it is so ingrained in the literature and language of computing. "Drive" letters actually are assigned to "volumes". Each hard drive can be partitioned into 1, 2, 3 or 4 partitions, of which one may be an "extended partition"; the others are "primary partitions". Multiple "logical drives" can be created within the extended partition; there's no limit on how many logical drives until you run out of disk space or letters of the English alphabet. The extended partition is not assigned a drive letter, but each logical drive in it gets a letter. Each primary partition and each logical drive is a "volume", and each one is assigned a "drive letter". Each volume is formatted independently from other volumes. During the boot process, the BIOS reserves letters A and B for floppy drives, then assigns C to the Active primary partition, and other letters to other primary partitions and logical drives on all hard drives, in order according to the algorithm built into the BIOS. Only a primary partition can be marked Active and used to boot the computer. Typically, this is the first physical partition on the first hard drive in the computer. When the computer power is turned on, it's quite ignorant. All it knows is what's hard-wired into it, including the code in the read-only BIOS chip, as modified by settings we make in the semi-permanent CMOS (what we usually mean when we say we are changing the BIOS settings). About all the BIOS knows is to find the first hard disk and read the first physical sector on it, which is the MBR - the Master Boot Record. The MBR includes the partition table telling where each partition begins and ends, how it's formatted, and which one is the Active (bootable) partition. The computer finds the first physical sector on that Active partition, loads the 512 bytes of code from it into memory and executes that code. The boot sector of the Active partition is the key to everything that comes after that. If it is the older MS-DOS style boot sector, it tells the computer to look in the Root of the System Partition for the files io.sys and msdos.sys, load those files, and use them to start MS-DOS. Depending on the contents of msdos.sys, it will either boot into MS-DOS, or use MS-DOS to find the Win9x/ME "boot folder", wherever it may be, and load and start running Win9x/ME. This is typically C:\Windows, but it can be in any volume on any hard drive in the computer. Note that the process always starts in C:, the "System Partition", and branches from there to the "boot volume", where the boot folder is installed - which may or may not be right back to C: again. The NT-style boot sector does not look for io.sys and msdos.sys; it looks in the Root of the System Partition for the NT-type "system files", NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM and Boot.ini. C:\NTLDR uses C:\Boot.ini to choose which operating system to start and to locate the chosen one. If WinXP Setup detects Win9x/ME during installation of WinXP, it first saves the MS-DOS-style boot sector into a new file, C:\bootsect.dos. Then it writes the NT boot sector and system files. It adds a final line to C:\boot.ini reading something like: C:\="Microsoft Windows ME". Then it installs WinXP into WinXP's boot folder (\Windows, by default) on WinXP's boot volume, which, again, can be just about any volume on any HD in your computer. Thereafter, each time you reboot, C:\NTLDR uses C:\Boot.ini to present the OS menu. If you choose WinME, NTLDR loads the MS-DOS boot sector from C:\bootsect.dos, turns control over to it, and WinXP "retires from the field". From then on, it's as though WinXP did not exist on your computer, except for all the space used by its files. Bootsect.dos loads io.sys and msdos.sys and WinME starts as usual. If you choose WinXP to boot, NTLDR looks where Boot.ini points, loads WinXP and starts it running. From then on, it's as though WinME did not exist on your computer, except for the space it uses. The system used to locate WinXP in boot.ini is by HD number (referred to usually as rdisk(#)) and volume number (referred to as partition(#)). It's important to remember that HDs are numbered starting with zero, partitions are numbered starting with one on each HD, and that "partition" actually means "volume", because logical drives are included in the count. With all that out of the way, let's take a look at your situation. I have two hard drives, a Seagate 40 (C and a WD 20 (D. No. You have Drive 0, the 40-gig, and Drive 1, the 20-gig. I partitioned the 40 to 31 (partition 1) and 9 (partition 2). Now you have Drive C:, the first primary partition on Drive 0. This is the Active (bootable) partition on the first physical drive, so it becomes the System Partition for your computer. Drive C: is 31 GB. The other drive letters depend on several things - and they may be different in the BIOS, in MS-DOS, in WinME and in WinXP! :( If you decide to format any volume using NTFS, then WinME will not be able to read, write, boot from or even SEE that volume! Since the boot process must always start with the System Partition, C: MUST be formatted FATxx if you plan to install WinME anywhere on this computer. Whichever volume you plan to install WinME into must also be formatted FAT. And any volume holding files that you plan to access from WinME must also be formatted FAT. Because of this limitation, dual-boot systems that include Win9x/ME often use FAT for all volumes. If NTFS is used for some volumes, WinME won't be able to even see those volumes, and this is one reason that drive letters may be different when booted into WinME than when booted into WinXP. What kind of partition (primary partition or logical drive) is the 9 GB on Drive 0? And what kind of partition did you create on Drive 1? Assuming they are both primary partitions, then the BIOS would assign D: to the first primary partition on HD1, then go back and assign E: to the second primary partition on HD0. MS-DOS would agree with that assignment, and so would Win98. But WinME would first assign letters to all primary partitions on HD0 before looking at HD1, so your 9 GB partition on HD0 would be D: and the 20 GB partition on HD1 would be E:. WinXP would agree with WinME. Now that I've said all that so positively, let me back up and admit that I'm not sure it is correct. My point is that "drive letters" are not permanent; they are assigned from scratch anew each time the computer is booted, depending on the operating system and on the hardware configuration at that boot time. The hardware configuration may include CD/DVD drives, removable "drives" (such as USB "thumb" drives, cameras and scanners), and network drives, all of which may be assigned letters, depending on what is plugged in at boot time. But if we use Device Manager (in WinME) or Disk Management (in WinXP) to specifically assign drive letters (except for the System Partition and Boot Volume), the Windows will attempt to assign those same letters to the same drives each time it reboots. All that is far too complex for this discussion. Let's just assume that all your volumes are formatted FAT32 and that the letters assigned a C: - 31 GB - rdisk(0)partition(1) - WinXP is installed in C:\Windows D: - 9 GB - rdisk(0)partition(2) - WinME is installed in D:\Windows E: - 20 GB - rdisk(1)partition(1) - for applications and data; no OS here I set up Me first on partition 2. At that point it would boot into Me without problem. Fine. WinME's boot volume would be D:\Windows. I then installed XP on partition 1. OK. WinXP's boot volume would be C:\Windows. I then had to modify boot.ini to list the send version (Me). The operating systems listing looks like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Millennium Edition" Wrong! First, you should not have had to modify C:\boot.ini at all. WinXP Setup should have configured it properly. And second, the line to load Win9x/ME should not look at all like the one to load Win2K/XP, etc. As I showed above, it should read: C:\="Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition" It should always point to C:\, because that's where C:\bootsect.dos is. The actual location of WinME will be stored in C:\msdos.sys. The label between the quotes is ignored by the computer. It is only for the benefit of us humans so we recognize it when we see it in the menu. If you like, it can simply say "ME" or whatever you choose. The line for WinXP looks correct IF WinXP is installed on C:, the first partition on the first HD, which you say it is. This line might end with some optional switches, such as /fastdetect or /NoExecute=OptIn, but those are not always required. When I boot I have the list of choices for both of those. Right, because the menu from C:\boot.ini is just printed onscreen. Even though the WinME line is not correct, the menu will still show the label within the quotes. It will boot without problem into XP Right, because the WinXP line is properly formatted and points to C:\Windows, although the "C:" doesn't appear in boot.ini. but when I select the Me it will not boot but comes up with the "hal.dll" error. No, because that improper WinME line thoroughly confuses NTLDR. It ignores the label between the quotes and tries to find some version of WinNT/2K/XP in the second partition on the first HD - and doesn't find anything it recognizes there, so it throws up its hands, picks an error message from somewhere, and says, in effect, "I don't now how to do what you are telling me to do." I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base suggestions and booted from the XP CD and used 'bootcfg'. Scan and list does not find the Me installation. The only way I have found to get the entry into the boot.ini is to enter it manually. I'm not sure of the exact workings of bootcfg.exe, but I suspect that it does not recognize your WinME, perhaps because bootsect.dos, io.sys and msdos.sys are not in C:\. If my assumptions stated much earlier are correct, then your C:\boot.ini should read like this (the timeout value is the 5 seconds I use; you can change this to suit yourself): [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" C:\="Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition" Well, I warned you this would be the long version, Peter. To read more about boot.ini, see the online version of the WinXP Pro Resource Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...k_overview.asp Sometimes the URL does not take you directly to the page I have in mind, but you can drill down to Part VI, System Troubleshooting, then to Chapter 28, Troubleshooting Startup / Following a Process for Startup and Recovery, then Reviewing and Correcting Boot.ini Settings on x86-based Systems If you get lost, explore. You'll find TONS of good information about disk and file systems in that book. I've found it well worth my money to buy the RK and my time to read much of it. A few hours invested in reading and understanding these chapters will pay dividends, not just for this week, but for as long as I continue to use computers, which will probably be for the rest of my life. At this stage, your best bet would probably be to first boot from the WinME CD-ROM and reinstall WinME from scratch on D:. Then boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and reinstall WinXP as a clean install on C:, letting it recreate C:\boot.ini from scratch. Post back if you have further problems or questions. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP PS: It is NOT necessary to email me in addition to posting here in the newsgroup. "Peter Will" wrote in message ... Thanks for the reply. I followed a lot of disjointed info on the Microsoft help site and did the following. I have two hard drives, a Seagate 40 (C and a WD 20 (D. I partitioned the 40 to 31 (partition 1) and 9 (partition 2). Microsoft was imperative about the order for loading so I set up Me first on partition 2. At that point it would boot into Me without problem. I then installed XP on partition 1. I then had to modify boot.ini to list the send version (Me). The operating systems listing looks like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows Millennium Edition" When I boot I have the list of choices for both of those. It will boot without problem into XP but when I select the Me it will not boot but comes up with the "hal.dll" error. I have followed Microsoft's Knowledge Base suggestions and booted from the XP CD and used 'bootcfg'. Scan and list does not find the Me installation. The only way I have found to get the entry into the boot.ini is to enter it manually. That kind of states the problem. "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Peter. This newsgroup is fine. The question comes up often here, and a scan of prior messages might have saved you the effort of asking it again. In brief, the answer is that the process can be complicated if you've already installed WinXP and want to add WinME, especially if your Drive C: is formatted NTFS. But, if you want to add WinXP to an existing WinME, and if you have at least one additional partition (on any HD in your computer) to install WinXP into, then the process is very easy: Just boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts to install it into that other partition. WinXP Setup will automatically create the dual-boot system. If you need more details, please post back, giving more details, especially which OS is already installed, how many HDs you have and how they are partitioned and formatted. It might be important to know a few more details, such as make and model of computer (or mobo/chipset if you built it yourself), and whether your HDs are other than the generic IDE/ATA type. We won't know what else to ask you until we know some of these things. RC "Peter Will" wrote in message ... 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I got your further posting and I have to thank you for such a phenomenal
explanation and taking the time to describe all that, and I am not being facetious. I applied all that information (and now understand why). The KB probably did have it hidden in there but not in all one place and it was not clear that the Me had to go on the primary. It is all working wonderfully now and thank you again. Peter "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Peter. This newsgroup is fine. The question comes up often here, and a scan of prior messages might have saved you the effort of asking it again. In brief, the answer is that the process can be complicated if you've already installed WinXP and want to add WinME, especially if your Drive C: is formatted NTFS. But, if you want to add WinXP to an existing WinME, and if you have at least one additional partition (on any HD in your computer) to install WinXP into, then the process is very easy: Just boot from the WinXP CD-ROM and follow the prompts to install it into that other partition. WinXP Setup will automatically create the dual-boot system. If you need more details, please post back, giving more details, especially which OS is already installed, how many HDs you have and how they are partitioned and formatted. It might be important to know a few more details, such as make and model of computer (or mobo/chipset if you built it yourself), and whether your HDs are other than the generic IDE/ATA type. We won't know what else to ask you until we know some of these things. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP "Peter Will" wrote in message ... What would be the best forum to post a message for help about setting a computer up with dual boot of XP and Me? |
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