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I just installed a slave HD a couple days ago, and instead of doing a fresh
OS install (Win XP Pro) I cloned the master to the slave with software from
the new HD manufacturer (WD).
I wanted to be able to choose on startup whether the computer should boot to
the master or the slave HD.
This is my original boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
I asked for some help with changing this program, and here is what somebody
said would work:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="XP Pro" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINXP="XP Pro Slave" /fastdetect
Two questions:
1) Is this new boot.ini file going to work?
2) boot.ini is located in the C:/ dir. I made a copy of the file, named it
original boot ini.txt, and put it in the same C:/ dir. If I make the
change in the boot.ini file and the computer won't boot, what DOS commands
do I give to overwrite the new boot.ini file with the original boot ini.txt
file to restore it to its original condition?
P.S. - I assume since this is all mirrored to my slave HD, I need to make
the identical changes on the D:/ dir to boot.ini (and my backup, original
boot ini.txt).
Please help. I should sit and learn some DOS from the internet, but I don't
want to spend several hours flipping through web pages when I have other
work to catch up on.
I just installed a slave HD a couple days ago, and instead of doing a fresh
OS install (Win XP Pro) I cloned the master to the slave with software from
the new HD manufacturer (WD).
I wanted to be able to choose on startup whether the computer should boot to
the master or the slave HD.
This is my original boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
I asked for some help with changing this program, and here is what somebody
said would work:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINXP="XP Pro" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINXP="XP Pro Slave" /fastdetect
Two questions:
1) Is this new boot.ini file going to work?
2) boot.ini is located in the C:/ dir. I made a copy of the file, named it
original boot ini.txt, and put it in the same C:/ dir. If I make the
change in the boot.ini file and the computer won't boot, what DOS commands
do I give to overwrite the new boot.ini file with the original boot ini.txt
file to restore it to its original condition?
P.S. - I assume since this is all mirrored to my slave HD, I need to make
the identical changes on the D:/ dir to boot.ini (and my backup, original
boot ini.txt).
Please help. I should sit and learn some DOS from the internet, but I don't
want to spend several hours flipping through web pages when I have other
work to catch up on.