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rookie1010 · 03-17-2004, 07:52 PM

Hi
I installed Windows XP on partitions on two sepearte hard drives. They are both connected to the same IDE cable. The first one (the main) is attached to the end and i designated it as master. I installed windows xp today on a parition of the second one, and it is connected to the middle connector of the second one and it is designated as slave.

when i booted up the machine, the second one, which is supposed to be the slave boots up. i had installed windows xp by removing the IDE connection from the first drive and then installing windows xp.
I thought it would boot up from the first one since it was not only the master but also connected to the end of the cable(does that make any difference ?)
why is this happening?

I also wanted to know how could i create a common bootloader for both the copies of OS in my system. could i add some special line in the boot.ini which would enable me to do that?

03-17-2004, 07:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
rookie1010 Master Techie Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,069	win xp on two hard drives Hi I installed Windows XP on partitions on two sepearte hard drives. They are both connected to the same IDE cable. The first one (the main) is attached to the end and i designated it as master. I installed windows xp today on a parition of the second one, and it is connected to the middle connector of the second one and it is designated as slave. when i booted up the machine, the second one, which is supposed to be the slave boots up. i had installed windows xp by removing the IDE connection from the first drive and then installing windows xp. I thought it would boot up from the first one since it was not only the master but also connected to the end of the cable(does that make any difference ?) why is this happening? I also wanted to know how could i create a common bootloader for both the copies of OS in my system. could i add some special line in the boot.ini which would enable me to do that?