Yes, they are 2 physical HDD's. Both are NTFS.

I can even access the second drive that contains Windows 2000 Pro OS and all
the folders.

When I change the Windows 2000 drive to master, I get the same exact message
that I receive when the XP drive is master.

Does this clarify?


"Dixonian69" wrote:

> Do you have 2 "physical" HDDs or is it one HDD with 2 partitions?
>
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Arby" wrote:
>
> > Have 2 drives. one is XP, the other is Windows 2000 pro.
> > Was able to select OS during boot-up before. No longer able to.
> >
> > Get this message if I try to select the other OS if XP is the Master drive.
> > " Windows could not start because of a Computer Disk Configuration problem"
> > "Could not read from the selected drive, Check Boot Path and Disk Hardware"
> >
> > Copy of the boot.ini files is:
> >
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=7
> > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> > Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
> > multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional"
> > /fastdetect
> >
> > Can someone help?
> >