Installing to a secondary hard disk !

Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??

On my main hard disk I currently have :

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become hidden,

I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E

I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
from a secondary disk ??

I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??

Thanks

"TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCAF6F02-7C0F-4125-B674-6CB3D058447D@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??
>
> On my main hard disk I currently have :
>
> XP Home
> XP Pro
> XP MCE
> Win 98
>
> These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become
hidden,
>
> I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E
>
> I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
> from a secondary disk ??
>
> I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
> edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??
>
> Thanks

Your post suggests that you use a third-party boot manager.
Some will let you do what you want, others won't. It would
be helpful if you provided full details about your environment,
e.g.
- Type of boot manager
- Which partition each OS is installed on
- Type of each partition (FAT32/NTFS)

TomT wrote:

> Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??
>
> On my main hard disk I currently have :
>
> XP Home
> XP Pro
> XP MCE
> Win 98
>
> These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become hidden,
>
> I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E
>
> I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
> from a secondary disk ??
>
> I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
> edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??
>
> Thanks

Best to post x64 questions to the newsgroup for it:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....64bit.general

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

Boot Manager: System Commander
All Partitions are NTFS
The disk is partitioned as

XP Home
XP Pro
XP MCE
Win 98

Thanks

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>
> "TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BCAF6F02-7C0F-4125-B674-6CB3D058447D@microsoft.com...
> > Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??
> >
> > On my main hard disk I currently have :
> >
> > XP Home
> > XP Pro
> > XP MCE
> > Win 98
> >
> > These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become
> hidden,
> >
> > I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E
> >
> > I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work OK
> > from a secondary disk ??
> >
> > I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk and
> > edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Your post suggests that you use a third-party boot manager.
> Some will let you do what you want, others won't. It would
> be helpful if you provided full details about your environment,
> e.g.
> - Type of boot manager
> - Which partition each OS is installed on
> - Type of each partition (FAT32/NTFS)
>
>
>

With my favourite boot manager (which is XOSL)
I would do this:
1. Disconnect disk #1 (the one that has your current OSs).
2. Make the new disk the primary master.
3. Install WinXP Pro 64 bit.
4. Make the new disk something other than the
primary master.
5. Make the old disk the primary master.
6. Add WinXP Pro 64 bit to the boot manager's menu.
7. Hide the other partitions.

XOSL can do all of this but I don't know if System
Commander does. If unsure then I recommend that
you consult the System Commander FAQs. This
newsgroup looks at WinXP issues, which yours is
clearly not.


"TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CAF468D-67F3-4BBF-880D-E04B27624C51@microsoft.com...
> Boot Manager: System Commander
> All Partitions are NTFS
> The disk is partitioned as
>
> XP Home
> XP Pro
> XP MCE
> Win 98
>
> Thanks
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:BCAF6F02-7C0F-4125-B674-6CB3D058447D@microsoft.com...
> > > Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??
> > >
> > > On my main hard disk I currently have :
> > >
> > > XP Home
> > > XP Pro
> > > XP MCE
> > > Win 98
> > >
> > > These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become
> > hidden,
> > >
> > > I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E
> > >
> > > I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work
OK
> > > from a secondary disk ??
> > >
> > > I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk
and
> > > edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Your post suggests that you use a third-party boot manager.
> > Some will let you do what you want, others won't. It would
> > be helpful if you provided full details about your environment,
> > e.g.
> > - Type of boot manager
> > - Which partition each OS is installed on
> > - Type of each partition (FAT32/NTFS)
> >
> >
> >

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> With my favourite boot manager (which is XOSL)
> I would do this:
> 1. Disconnect disk #1 (the one that has your current OSs).
> 2. Make the new disk the primary master.
> 3. Install WinXP Pro 64 bit.
> 4. Make the new disk something other than the
> primary master.
> 5. Make the old disk the primary master.
> 6. Add WinXP Pro 64 bit to the boot manager's menu.
> 7. Hide the other partitions.
>
> XOSL can do all of this but I don't know if System
> Commander does. If unsure then I recommend that
> you consult the System Commander FAQs. This
> newsgroup looks at WinXP issues, which yours is
> clearly not.
>
>
> "TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0CAF468D-67F3-4BBF-880D-E04B27624C51@microsoft.com...
>> Boot Manager: System Commander
>> All Partitions are NTFS
>> The disk is partitioned as
>>
>> XP Home
>> XP Pro
>> XP MCE
>> Win 98
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>>
>>> "TomT" <TomT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:BCAF6F02-7C0F-4125-B674-6CB3D058447D@microsoft.com...
>>>> Is it possible to install XP Pro on to a secondary hard disk ??
>>>>
>>>> On my main hard disk I currently have :
>>>>
>>>> XP Home
>>>> XP Pro
>>>> XP MCE
>>>> Win 98
>>>>
>>>> These are selectable from a boot menu. One is active the others become
>>> hidden,
>>>> I have another hard disk that is configured as D & E
>>>>
>>>> I can repartition this disk, but would XP Pro 64-bit install and work
> OK
>>>> from a secondary disk ??
>>>>
>>>> I this is possible, I could copy an image of XP 65 to the second disk
> and
>>>> edit the boot ini.. Would that work ??
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>> Your post suggests that you use a third-party boot manager.
>>> Some will let you do what you want, others won't. It would
>>> be helpful if you provided full details about your environment,
>>> e.g.
>>> - Type of boot manager
>>> - Which partition each OS is installed on
>>> - Type of each partition (FAT32/NTFS)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Many Thanks for your help