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Tweaking Software for XP (Not MS Powertoys)
David Baker chippset...@gci.net microsoft public windowsxp beta general In answer to his question the order you would install is Win98, Win2k (makes boot manager), WinME (understands adding itself to bootmanager), and finally XP, each on their own partition. "John Barnett" <john_freelanc...@hotmail.com> wrote in

Dual booting stuff..
David A. Spicer xp_...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp accessibility I used BootPart, following their instructions, to add Linux to the XP Boot Manager. http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm -- David A. Spicer http://dhs.has.it "George Tz" <tyran...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

Adding a second Hard drive to XP
Where can I find a HOWTO for dual booting Linux and Windows XP? Or is it identical to dual booting with Windows NT? Thank you I didn't catch which distro the OP is using, but in Mandrake setup, either Grub or Lilo will automagically add Windows to the boot menu if the MBR already has Windows.

99 99 99
Again, having Win98 installed FIRST to C:, then installing XP next to D: is trivial, requires no special preparation. So that said, assuming you want/need to keep the current XP as is, I suggest installing a third-party boot manager like BootIT NG (~$35, well worth it, includes partition manager and imaging

XP turn off
Richard Newall r.new...@clara.co.uk microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support 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

Dual Boot on a Tiny Machine
Jeff M. spook_...@hotmail.com alt os linux redhat Would you like to use Grub as your boot manager, or would the boot manager with Windows XP work for you instead? I forgot to add that I have a boot disk, so I can boot into RH to do whatever it is I need to do. "Timm_Timmton" <TimTimm...@hotmail.com> wrote in

Boot options with XP pro
I need to keep ME, but I also want to add XP, and will be using a 3rd party boot manager, probably osl2000 or bootit ng. When I add XP, I want to put it on an NTFS partition. Here's my questions: 1. Should I have ME and XP on different partitions of the __same__ hard drive, or should I put them on different hard

Partition Fustration
Why are you deleting the contents of boot.ini at all if the boot.ini contents are corrected automatically by XP when you boot the copy ? How are you specifying which partition to boot ? The boot managers that come with PartitionMagic and Partition Manager. ... deleted the contents of BOOT.

98 i XP?
The 3 add-ins I have were disabled add-ins : irisism32.dll mscore.dll msntbforoutlook.dll From the error message that pops up, I might have hoped that the irisms32.dll might have helped eliminate them. I went to add/remove on the XP boot and found Business Contact Manager O3--aha listed in Add Remove so when I

Install 98 x2, XP
I believe that I have to edit the boot.ini file to add the linux boot sequence. I have managed to create a copy of the XP MBR (in case things go drastically This will set lilo to act as your boot manager. Choose lilo on your firat install rather than grub. I have nothing agaist grub except possibly the name,

is it possibleto go dual boot because of XP program/hardware ...
You should be able to setup your boot.ini files once you configure BootItNG. I'm amy tring to avoid the problem of using the XP boot manager and getting to the Of course a multi-OS boot loader like the NTloader is going to be a little more complicated than 9x, but that is what happens when you add features.

Installing XP on D drive?
This is because I would like to move my partitions around and use a boot manager - so I need to know the details of the XP boot process. Can anyone point me to any (The most likely reason is if you&#8217;ve used a third-party utility like PartitionMagic to add or remove partitions on your boot or system drive.

How to Dual boot Windows XP, RedHat Linux from XP boot manager for ...
Or, less elegantly and with a bit more work, you can re-configure the XP boot manager to add linux to its menu. Installing linux on your best machine does not necessitate that you must sacrifice the existing operating system. If you later decide to go back to an XP only system (although this is not likely once you

dual boot/unallocated partition
Then, just follow the documentation for adding another OS. However, System Commander (I have not done this with PQMAGIC) uses the normal NT boot manager, You can make your own Win2K install CD and substitute the XP boot files NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR and install. A better alternative is to format your install

HELP!!!!
To stop the xp bootmanager is easy set it in control panel/system/advanced/settings to 1 second. Or you can edit the boot.ini in the root of xp and The only way it can boot is via a bootmanager that has enough code to get past the limit. There is not enough room in the MBR to add code to go past the 1,7 gig.

Is it OK to disable these Remote services in msconfig?
And best to do a clean install of XP on the fixed drive with just one partition on the fixed drive. Once thats working properly, add a full horsepower boot manager to allow optional booting off the tray drive 98 install when that tray is plugged in. Once you have got that all working properly, you can then delete

QUESTION: Multiple Hard Drives to Boot To??
If I can do what I want without a 3rd party boot manager and without having to create new partitions that will be preferable. loader to boot win98 as a second option, you can boot the Recovery Console from the XP CD (first repair option) and run the command "bootcfg /rebuild" to add win98 to your boot menu.

will using files and settings transfer wizard for this work?
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 drive was not there,I then loaded Partition Magic 7 which could see

Make XP Faster
Melvin Ho hokwNOS...@pacific.net.sg microsoft public windowsxp general First, please check your device manager. Open it from the properties of My Computer>Hardware. then extract and copy the files required for Stand HAL files and modify the boot.ini to let Windows 2000/XP boot from Standard HAL again.

Outlook 2007 process shutdown
If you wish to retain the XP boot manager as the primary one, install LILO or grub on /boot. dd the first 512 bytes of the corresponding /dev to a boot file on your Windows boot partition. Use the XP boot menu editor to add the option invoking this file. Using grub or LILO as the primary boot manager may not work