"Jim" wrote:

Boot the XP CD and choose that partition when prompted. Btw, the XP install
already provides its own partition manager, so using third party apps for
this purpose is unnecessary.


There are a number of reasons why a third party boot manager program
may be preferable to the one that comes with Windows.

My own reasons for doing so include:
1. The ability to hide non-booting operating system partitions. This
is especially valuable when booting more than one version of Windows,
as there will normally be a \Windows and a \Program Files folder on
each partition. It is not difficult for files to end up on the wrong
partition (e.g. D:\Windows instead of C:\Windows or vice-versa)
thereby causing problems. Hiding the other operating system
partitions reduces this risk.

2. Drive letter consistency. With a third party boot manager, and by
using the partition hiding functions that these contain, you can
ensure that your drive letters are always consistent, not matter which
version of Windows you boot. Thus on my own computer, when I had 3
versions of Windows installed (98SE, Me, and XP) the booted version of
Windows was always drive C: (and the other two operating system
partitions were hidden).

Hope this explains the situation.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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