XP Pro Dual Boot - 2 HDD

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Wayne

I have installed two separate copy of XP Pro on separate SATA/IDE drives. I
used to be able to dual boot into either and each copy was distictively
different. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the 2nd (IDE) hdd and now whenever I
try to boot into the copy of XP on the IDE drive, it boots into the copy on
the SATA hdd instead.

In short, if I boot into the sata copy (first hdd C:) then everything is
just fine.
If I boot into the IDE copy (2nd hdd F:) then it's the sata copy that's run,
but the default hdd showing in windows explorer is 2nd hdd F:.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -
Regular" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -
Backup" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

Can someone tell me if the boot.ini is correct? Thanks very much!

Wayne
 
Wayne, did you install Ubuntu with the first drive connected? See if
this helps. Grub has to be modified.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=452421

"Wayne" <Wayne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F073D65F-FD96-4817-9C35-6E3C8F321F3E@microsoft.com...
>I have installed two separate copy of XP Pro on separate SATA/IDE drives. I
> used to be able to dual boot into either and each copy was distictively
> different. I installed Ubuntu Linux on the 2nd (IDE) hdd and now whenever
> I
> try to boot into the copy of XP on the IDE drive, it boots into the copy
> on
> the SATA hdd instead.
>
> In short, if I boot into the sata copy (first hdd C:) then everything is
> just fine.
> If I boot into the IDE copy (2nd hdd F:) then it's the sata copy that's
> run,
> but the default hdd showing in windows explorer is 2nd hdd F:.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -
> Regular" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro -
> Backup" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>
> Can someone tell me if the boot.ini is correct? Thanks very much!
>
> Wayne
 
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