"Pegasus (MVP)" replied:
>> "Timothy Daniels" asked:
>> [........] there frequently
>> appears the problem about single-booting an OS that had
>> previously been part of a dual-boot where the load files
>> (i.e. boot.ini, ntldr, and ntdetect.com) were in the partition
>> containing the removed OS. More specifically, the load
>> files and OS #1 were in what the poster calls the "C:"
>> drive, and OS #2 resides in the "D:" drive, and he wants
>> to boot OS #2 without the "C:" drive present. So the
>> problem then arises about providing the load files for the
>> "D:" drive. If ntldr and ntdetect.com could simply be copied
>> over from the "C:" drive, would they work on the "D:" drive?
>
> Yes, they would, and it's what I should have said in the
> first place. Thanks for pointing it out.


Whew! Thanks. That question has been echoing
around the WindowsXP newsgroups for more than a
year without an answer until now.

*TimDaniels*