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GeoffW · 24-01-2004, 21:16

Normally the new OS you install sets up the boot.ini on the bootable drive, this gives you a menu to choose the OS you boot from. You can always edit this file too, but its normally hidden, uncheck the hide system files option in Windows Explorer options.

Here's my boot.ini, with a 3 second timeout to choose OS.

[boot loader]
timeout=3
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Server" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

24-01-2004, 21:16	#17
GeoffW Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 256	Re: Can I run XPH on one disk and Win 98SE on another? Normally the new OS you install sets up the boot.ini on the bootable drive, this gives you a menu to choose the OS you boot from. You can always edit this file too, but its normally hidden, uncheck the hide system files option in Windows Explorer options. Here's my boot.ini, with a 3 second timeout to choose OS. [boot loader] timeout=3 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows 2000 Server" /fastdetect C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"