help booting windows

liqnit · October 13th, 2006, 09:54 PM

Hi
I have 2 HD IDE Conected as master an salve
On both i have Windows XP installed and using the Master Boot.ini i do multiboot and select which OS i use.
On the slave there is no Boot.ini and when iremove the master i cannot boot from the slave.
How do i make windows boot from the Slave HD?
Should i copy Boot.ini?
any other files?
Plaese help

Dyre Straits · October 14th, 2006, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liqnit

Hi
I have 2 HD IDE Conected as master an salve
On both i have Windows XP installed and using the Master Boot.ini i do multiboot and select which OS i use.
On the slave there is no Boot.ini and when iremove the master i cannot boot from the slave.
How do i make windows boot from the Slave HD?
Should i copy Boot.ini?
any other files?
Plaese help

In this case, your master HD has the record for your dual boot....if I'm understanding it correctly. Without the master drive in place, you won't be able to boot onto the isolated drive unless you create a valid boot.ini for it.