Trying to set up a multi boot system

badgerer · 08-11-2005, 12:16 PM

Hi,

This will be two copies of XP, one on each drive. One drive for gaming, internet etc, the other for home recording. I've got one copy installed on the C drive and that works fine. I've just gone ahead and whacked the XP cd in again, booted it up and checked a box along the way specifying that i want to select which drive it is installed in.

The computer restarts and it boots into a DOS setup program, but says it cannot find any hard drives on my computer! I have two...the copy of XP I have installed finds both hard drives, so why can't the Windows installation program find them?

Cheers

badgerer · 08-11-2005, 12:35 PM

I took the XP CD out so I could just boot my computer up as normal into the XP I already had installed, and I've got a blue screen...

A problem has been deteceted and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:

Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7CAE524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x0000000000)

Whats wrong?

jjsevdt · 08-11-2005, 05:28 PM

You're confusing the computer. When you install windows, you make that your primary boot device, but if you have two windows doesn't know which one to choose. Why would you have it setup like that anyway. Just keep your second drive as a file drive or something of the sort to keep your work in one area

DanLatimer · 08-11-2005, 05:43 PM

you can install XP on each if you want to by only connecting one HD at a time, that will definitly work, then changing your boot.ini file to give you a choice which XP to start up, but why not just make 2 accounts in one copy of XP its the same thing.

08-11-2005, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
badgerer Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39	Trying to set up a multi boot system Hi, This will be two copies of XP, one on each drive. One drive for gaming, internet etc, the other for home recording. I've got one copy installed on the C drive and that works fine. I've just gone ahead and whacked the XP cd in again, booted it up and checked a box along the way specifying that i want to select which drive it is installed in. The computer restarts and it boots into a DOS setup program, but says it cannot find any hard drives on my computer! I have two...the copy of XP I have installed finds both hard drives, so why can't the Windows installation program find them? Cheers

08-11-2005, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,021	You're confusing the computer. When you install windows, you make that your primary boot device, but if you have two windows doesn't know which one to choose. Why would you have it setup like that anyway. Just keep your second drive as a file drive or something of the sort to keep your work in one area __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

08-11-2005, 05:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
DanLatimer Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia Age: 22 Posts: 659	you can install XP on each if you want to by only connecting one HD at a time, that will definitly work, then changing your boot.ini file to give you a choice which XP to start up, but why not just make 2 accounts in one copy of XP its the same thing. __________________ -DAN ____________________________________ MY PC: Windows XP PRO AMD XP 64 3000+ oc to 2.25ghz 1 GB PC2700 Memory Radeon 9600XT 256mbs Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 5.1 surround sound

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08-11-2005, 12:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
badgerer Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 39	I took the XP CD out so I could just boot my computer up as normal into the XP I already had installed, and I've got a blue screen... A problem has been deteceted and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer. Technical information: *** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF7CAE524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x0000000000) Whats wrong?