Let's have a look at your hidden file c:\boot.ini! Timothy
Daniels already asked for this file but it seems you chose
to ignore his request.

By the way, if you again wait almost two weeks until
you reply then this thread will have disappeared from
my newsreader's horizon and your reply will be
invisible to me.


"baxter" <baxter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:010B46F0-A00A-47BF-AE31-50EDF47902A9@microsoft.com...
> I already install a spare drive with WinXP(with initial D drive
disconnect) .
> After that I reattached the drive but the PC just boot with the new OS
> ignoring the one in D drive. Must I reinstall the spare drive with the D
> drive attached.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "baxter" <baxter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:22155FFB-15DB-42D1-80BE-04566A16BCAB@microsoft.com...
> > > I have try copying boot.ini from another bootable PC to D drive(with
XP)
> > but
> > > cannot work.
> > > Is creating a C partition is the only way out?
> >
> > No, it is not the only way but unless you provide answers
> > to every question in my first reply I cannot tell you how to
> > do it.
> >
> >
> >