dual os, dual hard drives

[Guest]

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I would like to take a new hard drive, on which I installed
WindowsXP, (Fat 32 partition), and simply plug it into my computer which
is running WindowsME. I'm thinking I just need to modify my boot.ini
file. Will this work? If so, what modification would boot.ini need? All
the searching I've done seems to say I need to install from scratch. I
guess I could do that if the re-activation of XP isn't a hassle. TIA

 

[Shane]

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There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to boot
from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily). Using the Windows
XP boot manager you'll need ME and XP on the same (Primary) hard drive.

Re-activation just isn't a problem (as a rule) unless the hardware is very
different from original. Even then it shouldn't be *a problem* but might
require a phone call. However, you would still have to do the re-activation
in any case - it's not like you can fool XP into thinking it's still on the
original machine! The hardware is enumerated at every boot. Besides which if
the hardware on the computer on which XP was originally installed was
significantly different, it will be set up to use the wrong drivers and
quite likely to cause problems in a different computer, possibly to the
extent of not booting.

So, yes, you need to re-install XP.


Shane

"Ed Mc" <namvtn@whatdayaknow.com> wrote in message
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> I would like to take a new hard drive, on which I installed
> WindowsXP, (Fat 32 partition), and simply plug it into my computer which
> is running WindowsME. I'm thinking I just need to modify my boot.ini file.
> Will this work? If so, what modification would boot.ini need? All the
> searching I've done seems to say I need to install from scratch. I guess I
> could do that if the re-activation of XP isn't a hassle. TIA

 

[Guest]

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> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily).

I've never tried as I like to keep my OSs all on the same drive I'm pretty
certain that BING (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/) allows this.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com


Shane <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote:

> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily). Using
> the Windows XP boot manager you'll need ME and XP on the same
> (Primary) hard drive.
> Re-activation just isn't a problem (as a rule) unless the hardware is
> very different from original. Even then it shouldn't be *a problem*
> but might require a phone call. However, you would still have to do
> the re-activation in any case - it's not like you can fool XP into
> thinking it's still on the original machine! The hardware is
> enumerated at every boot. Besides which if the hardware on the
> computer on which XP was originally installed was significantly
> different, it will be set up to use the wrong drivers and quite
> likely to cause problems in a different computer, possibly to the
> extent of not booting.
> So, yes, you need to re-install XP.

 

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It does

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"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
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>> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
>> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily).
>
> I've never tried as I like to keep my OSs all on the same drive I'm pretty
> certain that BING (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/) allows this.
> --
> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>
>
> Shane <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
>> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily). Using
>> the Windows XP boot manager you'll need ME and XP on the same
>> (Primary) hard drive.
>> Re-activation just isn't a problem (as a rule) unless the hardware is
>> very different from original. Even then it shouldn't be *a problem*
>> but might require a phone call. However, you would still have to do
>> the re-activation in any case - it's not like you can fool XP into
>> thinking it's still on the original machine! The hardware is
>> enumerated at every boot. Besides which if the hardware on the
>> computer on which XP was originally installed was significantly
>> different, it will be set up to use the wrong drivers and quite
>> likely to cause problems in a different computer, possibly to the
>> extent of not booting.
>> So, yes, you need to re-install XP.
>

 

[Shane]

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But all else considered, better to re-install XP.


Shane


"Noel Paton" <NoelDPspamless@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> It does
>
> --
> Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)
>
> Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
> http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/6oztj
>
> Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
>
> "Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in message
> news:OUhZVeGDFHA.3328@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
>>> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily).
>>
>> I've never tried as I like to keep my OSs all on the same drive I'm
>> pretty certain that BING (http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/) allows this.
>> --
>> Mike Maltby MS-MVP
>> mike.maltby@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Shane <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are very few boot managers that allow any version of Windows to
>>> boot from the 2nd hard drive (though Linux will do so easily). Using
>>> the Windows XP boot manager you'll need ME and XP on the same
>>> (Primary) hard drive.
>>> Re-activation just isn't a problem (as a rule) unless the hardware is
>>> very different from original. Even then it shouldn't be *a problem*
>>> but might require a phone call. However, you would still have to do
>>> the re-activation in any case - it's not like you can fool XP into
>>> thinking it's still on the original machine! The hardware is
>>> enumerated at every boot. Besides which if the hardware on the
>>> computer on which XP was originally installed was significantly
>>> different, it will be set up to use the wrong drivers and quite
>>> likely to cause problems in a different computer, possibly to the
>>> extent of not booting.
>>> So, yes, you need to re-install XP.
>>
>
>

 

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Shane <arthursixpence@hotmail.com> wrote:

> But all else considered, better to re-install XP.

Agreed, IMO other than in a corporate environment with many identically
configured PCs, I feel that it is invariably better to clean install an
operating system, be it Win Me or XP, on the machine on which it is to be
used than to image from one PC. In this case a repair install might be
all that is required which would at least mean the retention of installed
applications and the like.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP
mike.maltby@gmail.com

 

[Shane]

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> In this case a repair install might be all that is required which would
> at least mean the retention of installed applications and the like.
> --

Yeah, I hadn't considered that, Mike. A good point.


Shane