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How to Dual boot Windows XP, RedHat Linux from XP boot manager for ...
If I select DOS I get the NT boot loader, from which I can select Win98 or WinXP. I tried adding WinXP to GRUB but when it tries to boot, it fails. Well, first of all I have to admit I've no experience with GRUB (yet), but a lot with LILO. AFAIK, during the NT/2k/XP boot process, you have to go via NT bootmanager

boot manager with two bootable hard drives
...winston merlin@druid9#.com microsoft public windows vista installation_setup John, Yes, you are correct , I knew that too(especially since this dual boot machine does just that since I get two boot menus due to the recovery console installed on XP prior to adding Vista<g>). Though, correct me if I am wrong,

Your opinion on Multi Boot System
If you are using a partition/boot manager, then you can run that app to fix the MBR. You simply have to decide which entity is in charge of booting; is it PM or BING? XP? or win98? (4) HIDING OTHER PARTITIONS Even if I can stop XP from seeking out and remembering other data partitions, it seems that XP would still

Dual boot Linux/Windows XP HOWTO?
You need to make the 98 disk the master as that is FAT32, and copy the XP boot files to it and change the boot.ini to point XP to the 2nd disk rather than the first. Boot files for XP are NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM and BOOT.INI Or you could install some sort of Boot Manager. Peter Hutchison http://www.blizzard.u-net.com/

KR7A-RAID -- XP blue screen when moved Hard Drive from IDE1 to ...
If you want to clear the page file on each shutdown: Start Regedit Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\ClearPageFileAtShutdown Set the value to 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No GUI Boot If you don't need to

removing windows boot manager
The fact is on a dual boot machine with OL 2007, I don't see the problem on the XP boot. I do on Vista about 20% of the time when I close so I go to TM and close it. So whether it's an Outlook problem or a Vista problem, since the solution dealing with add-ins doesn't do the trick for many many users,

Installing order
Just edit boot.ini so you get the same detail in there as you have in the boot manager choice. The format is a tad cryptic, but its not as bad as it looks. That doesn't work either. It does if you do the copy properly and do the other very early XP boot phase stuff too. Its perfectly feasible to have two installs

Help needed: getting rid of XP boot manager!
XP? You don't have a corresponding entry in your boot manager (so, you can't choose XP to boot)? Or it's there, but doesn't produce the desired result? What result does it produce? Where's (what partition) is your XP installed on? Is it something like /dev/hda1? You might just need to add an entry into your

7tools Partition Manager 2005 problem
If you select Red Hat, this should take you immediately (via bootsec.lin) to the GRUB boot manager, which allows you up or down arrow to select Linux or return to Windows. The methodology described above can be extended to create a triple boot system (one Windows, two Linuxes) or to add Linux to a PC that already

98SE slowly fading away!!!
Only one drive is the active partition ie, boot drive. Boot the 80GB, reinstall XP on the 10GB as another copy of XP, then use XP boot manager to boot which XP copy you want to boot. Edit c:\boot.ini to add a more descriptive name for the 10GB.

Dualboot instalatie windows 98 na windows XP
However, with my dual boot situation, pressing F8 dumps me in safe mode for Windows XP. Can anyone tell me how to get into Safe Mode with ME? I must add that I did press F8 Windows XP is on NTFS, I am not using Partition Magic's BootMagic but Windows XP Boot Manager, and am worried that it would get confused.

BootPart and error message
The executable can be run from XP or from Vista. What you could do: Install Vista. Boot to XP. Use start> run> cmd Run bcdedit in the cmd window. Type in the path to the executable (or copy/paste the path if you're lazy about typing it as I am) and add /? to get a list of commands and syntax.

Suse Linux boot problems
I first tried installing the Linux Grub boot manager to the MBR, but something went wrong, I don't know what, even though others have reported success with this method. Add to the end: C:\BOOTSECT.LNX="Linux" Save Reboot, and select Linux when the boot selection menu is displayed. Dual boot should now work.

Multi-boot setup question
Richard Newall r.new...@clara.co.uk microsoft public windowsxp general Could someone please tell me the procedure for adding a second (60Gb) drive to windows XP,I have installed the second drive,set the jumper to slave,and set it in the bios,when XP boots up I was able to see it in device manager,but in Windows the

Win XP & RedHat 7.2 dual boot
Over-install or re-install XP to your hard drive. Make sure that you do not install XP to her HD. Windows XP will install it's boot manager to the first primary adding a line like this example line: c:\bootsect.lnx="Red Hat Linux" Hint: the Red Hat boot floppy used to boot the system has enough room to copy the

moving xp to a larger disk with partition magic
Hi, I have two hard drives C and D. On C is win98 and on D is XP Pro, when I start up, the XP boot manager gives me the option of XP pro (default) or win98. If I wanted to create another partition on D and install another operating system, (a second copy of win98) how do I add this to the XP boot manager program.

7tools Partition Manager 2005 problem
You're the one making it more complicated by adding a third partition and extra piece of software. XP has a perfectly fine boot manager. I just didn't want *ANY* boot manager. you continue to muck w/ the MS boot loader, it will drive you nuts. It's major flaw is an inability to hide partitions. Because it can't,

Multi-boot setup question
So on my Boot Manager menu I have three choices: WIN98/XP OS/2 3.0 WARP 4.5 When I select WIN98/XP at boot time, that goes to the C drive where it triggers And all I will add is, have no fear when messin' with Micro$oft installs *if* you already have: 1. All your precious partitions saved off to CDs with a ZIP

One last dual boot question for Dale..
Terry Pinnell terrypinDEL...@THESEdial.pipex.com microsoft public windowsxp general "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote: Hi Terry, To add to F: Routine backup etc 44.14 GB (BTW, it's a pity that Drive Image, Partition Manager, etc call these disks 1 and 2, just as I would, yet XP calls them 0 and 1.

Want to dual boot - XP already installed
Boot manager code jumps to boot sector of chosen OS. This is basically the same as an fdisk/mbr boot system but with an inline menu manipulating the active bits. Doing it this way, no OS depends on any other OS to boot, and you can add/subtract OSs without any concern. Before you install XP use the PM boot floppy