Hi I reinstalled my Win XP Home because the current drive was getting old. But I installed it on a new hard drive connected as "Slave" but now he can't start
I have connected the new hardrive as a 'slave', re-installed my Win XP even & re-patched everything on it including SP3, programs & ups back-ups, but oh no! the new hard drive when it is plugged in as a 'master', it does not start!
But with the old hard drive connected as long as 'master', I have the option of "dual boot".
I guess because my new drive is not a reader of "system"? I can see that my old drive is listed as 'system '. How to make my other even without having to re - install all over again? Thank you!
Hi Fishlipps,
Thanks for posting. Most likely you see it as your boot.ini is located on a drive corresponding to your system on a different drive. The easy way to do this would be to reinstall or do a repair on the computer installation. Please make a backup before attempting this.
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When the message Press any key to boot from the CD appears on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD. |
2. |
When you see the message to install Windows XP nowand then press ENTER is displayed on the Welcome to the Setup screen, press ENTER. |
3. |
Do not choose the option to press R to use the Recovery Console. |
4. |
In the Windows XP licensing agreement, press F8 to accept the license agreement. |
5. |
Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press R to repair Windows XP. |
6. |
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. |
Another option would be to modify the boot.ini located directly on the root of your drive. Below is a knockout with instructions on how to do it. However please backup all your data by doing one of them because both can make your computer unbootable.
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/289022 Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST
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