dual boot ME & XP

I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without having
to re install XP also?

Assuming from your posting that XP is on the slave drive then boot from the
XP CD and do a repair install overtop of the exisitng, that will redo the
dual-boot and save all the XP stuff. (Of course, if you've upgraded to SP2
and the CD is SP1 or original then this won't work; things will revert from
SP2 back to whatever version is on the CD.)

"DWS" wrote in message
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I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without having
to re install XP also?

"DWS" wrote in message
...
I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without having
to re install XP also?


Shouldn't be necessary to reinstall XP - the best place to ask this question
is in an XP newsgroup (to whic I've cross-posted this response, so hang
around!)


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"Jerry" wrote in message
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Assuming from your posting that XP is on the slave drive then boot from
the XP CD and do a repair install overtop of the exisitng, that will redo
the dual-boot and save all the XP stuff. (Of course, if you've upgraded to
SP2 and the CD is SP1 or original then this won't work; things will revert
from SP2 back to whatever version is on the CD.)

Hi,

Boot the WinXP CD, load the Recovery Console (see below). From the command
prompt run fixboot. What happened is that you overwrote the NT bootloader
with 9x code, but it's easy to fix.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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"DWS" wrote in message
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I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without having
to re install XP also?


Shouldn't be necessary to reinstall XP - the best place to ask this
question is in an XP newsgroup (to whic I've cross-posted this response,
so hang around!)


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm
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"Jerry" wrote in message
...
Assuming from your posting that XP is on the slave drive then boot from
the XP CD and do a repair install overtop of the exisitng, that will redo
the dual-boot and save all the XP stuff. (Of course, if you've upgraded
to SP2 and the CD is SP1 or original then this won't work; things will
revert from SP2 back to whatever version is on the CD.)

Thanks, Rick - I had a feeling that was probably the solution, but wanted
confirmation before I put my neck on the block!


--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2005, Windows)

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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Boot the WinXP CD, load the Recovery Console (see below). From the command
prompt run fixboot. What happened is that you overwrote the NT bootloader
with 9x code, but it's easy to fix.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

I tried the recovery console - it wants to write to "D:"
which is the XP drive - I boot from the "C:" drive. I
did it anyway, but the computer still boots directly into
ME. I tried "fixboot" (it only recognized the XP drive -
gave one choice - I selected it. Maybe that was when I
tried bootcfg) Did I miss something or do it wrong?
DWS
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Boot the WinXP CD, load the Recovery Console (see
below). From the command
prompt run fixboot. What happened is that you overwrote
the NT bootloader
with 9x code, but it's easy to fix.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows
XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Noel Paton" wrote in
message
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"DWS" wrote in
message
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I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The
ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without
having
to re install XP also?


Shouldn't be necessary to reinstall XP - the best
place to ask this
question is in an XP newsgroup (to whic I've cross-
posted this response,
so hang around!)


--
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

"Jerry" wrote in message
...
Assuming from your posting that XP is on the slave
drive then boot from
the XP CD and do a repair install overtop of the
exisitng, that will redo
the dual-boot and save all the XP stuff. (Of course,
if you've upgraded
to SP2 and the CD is SP1 or original then this won't
work; things will
revert from SP2 back to whatever version is on the
CD.)





.

Finally "gave up" and am 'repairing' XP
Thanks for all the help
DWS
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Boot the WinXP CD, load the Recovery Console (see below).
From the command
prompt run fixboot. What happened is that you overwrote
the NT bootloader
with 9x code, but it's easy to fix.

HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows
XP [Q307654]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Noel Paton" wrote in
message
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"DWS" wrote in
message
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I have a computer set up to dual boot ME or XP. The ME
hard drive (primary) had to be replaced, and I had to
reinstall the system.
Is there any way to set it up to dual boot without
having
to re install XP also?


Shouldn't be necessary to reinstall XP - the best place
to ask this
question is in an XP newsgroup (to whic I've cross-
posted this response,
so hang around!)


--
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

"Jerry" wrote in message
...
Assuming from your posting that XP is on the slave
drive then boot from
the XP CD and do a repair install overtop of the
exisitng, that will redo
the dual-boot and save all the XP stuff. (Of course,
if you've upgraded
to SP2 and the CD is SP1 or original then this won't
work; things will
revert from SP2 back to whatever version is on the CD.)





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