Hi, I have me installed on the beginning of my partition and xp installed on the extended. Works fine but i have to use partition magic to switch active partitions then my system boots from one to the other. How can i get a bootmenu right from startup so i can choose which one i want to start, and without using a floppy everytime. I've tried the function in xp that allows to choose OS but only xp is listed. Should i have placed xp at the beginning of the partition then me on extended? Note that i have only one drive split into one extended with two logical partitions. Thanks. P.S. I'm running windows xp corp 2600.

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A soluton is that you put both of your os on an active partition. In partition magic you can create a new partition. When he asks you if you want to put an OS on it you select yes. He will suggest you to put the OS on the harddisk before cylinder 1024 Otherwise the OS will not be bootable


On Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 4:51 pm, Tom Moceri wrote:
>Hi, I have me installed on the beginning of my partition and xp installed on the
>extended. Works fine but i have to use partition magic to switch active partitions
>then my system boots from one to the other. How can i get a bootmenu right from
>startup so i can choose which one i want to start, and without using a floppy everytime.
> I've tried the function in xp that allows to choose OS but only xp is listed. Should
>i have placed xp at the beginning of the partition then me on extended? Note that
>i have only one drive split into one extended with two logical partitions. Thanks.
> P.S. I'm running windows xp corp 2600.

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Be sure you have both OS's in your boot.ini file.


On Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 4:51 pm, Tom Moceri wrote:
>Hi, I have me installed on the beginning of my partition and xp installed on the
>extended. Works fine but i have to use partition magic to switch active partitions
>then my system boots from one to the other. How can i get a bootmenu right from
>startup so i can choose which one i want to start, and without using a floppy everytime.
> I've tried the function in xp that allows to choose OS but only xp is listed. Should
>i have placed xp at the beginning of the partition then me on extended? Note that
>i have only one drive split into one extended with two logical partitions. Thanks.
> P.S. I'm running windows xp corp 2600.

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Edit your c:\boot.ini This is mine: [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] C:\="DOS-BOOT " multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 98" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect


On Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 4:51 pm, Tom Moceri wrote:
>Hi, I have me installed on the beginning of my partition and xp installed on the
>extended. Works fine but i have to use partition magic to switch active partitions
>then my system boots from one to the other. How can i get a bootmenu right from
>startup so i can choose which one i want to start, and without using a floppy everytime.
> I've tried the function in xp that allows to choose OS but only xp is listed. Should
>i have placed xp at the beginning of the partition then me on extended? Note that
>i have only one drive split into one extended with two logical partitions. Thanks.
> P.S. I'm running windows xp corp 2600.

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This is the right answer, see MSKB Article Q153762.


On Thursday, September 20, 2001 at 4:12 pm, garyl wrote:
>Be sure you have both OS's in your boot.ini file.
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>On Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 4:51 pm, Tom Moceri wrote:
>Hi, I have me installed on the beginning of my partition and xp installed on the
>extended. Works fine but i have to use partition magic to switch active partitions
>then my system boots from one to the other. How can i get a bootmenu right from
>startup so i can choose which one i want to start, and without using a floppy everytime.
> I've tried the function in xp that allows to choose OS but only xp is listed.
>Should
>i have placed xp at the beginning of the partition then me on extended? Note that
>i have only one drive split into one extended with two logical partitions. Thanks.
> P.S. I'm running windows xp corp 2600.

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if you are using windows me or 98 load this first after fdisk and partioning and format. then load xp choosing the drive option in xp. assuming you want fat 32 should be no problem. this should be a full installation not a up grade.
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you can not put both OS on same partition...simply ensure both OS's are you your boot.ini..it is preferred to have XP installed first on first partition..then you would add other OS's to it's boot.ini


On Wednesday, September 19, 2001 at 8:52 am, toni_clifton wrote:
>A soluton is that you put both of your os on an active partition.
>In partition magic you can create a new partition.
>When he asks you if you want to put an OS on it you select yes.
>He will suggest you to put the OS on the harddisk before cylinder 1024
>Otherwise the OS will not be bootable
>

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