Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help!
Ask    ||    Answer
 
Advanced  
 

Ask QuestionsprogressAnswer QuestionsprogressBuild ReputationprogressBecome an Expert
 
Free Answers in 3 Easy Steps

Register Now
3 Steps

At Ask Me Help Desk you can ask questions in any topic and have them answered for free by our experts. To ask questions or participate in answering them you must register for a free account. By registering you will be able to:
  • Get free answers from experts in any of our 300+ topics.
  • Accept money for answers that you provide.
  • Communicate privately with other members (PM).
  • See fewer ads.

Home > Computers & Technology > Hardware > Hard Drives   »   two hard drives

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Question
 
 
#1  
Old Jun 11, 2006, 04:39 AM
Twmac
New Member
Twmac is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 6
Twmac See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
two hard drives

Hi, I have a computer with Windows ME installed on the slave drive,and I just installed Windows XP Home on the Master drive. what i would like to be able to do is use either OS i want. Rght now I can use the XP home OS but not the Windows ME OS. I can open the drive with Windows ME on it by going to the my computer and clicking on it but I can not use the Windows ME OS. How can I set it up so it lets me use either OS. Thanks a lot for your help. Ted

Reply With Quote
 
     

Answers
 
 
Old Jun 11, 2006, 06:53 AM   #2  
Über Member
NeedKarma is offline
 
NeedKarma's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Online
Posts: 7,597
NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.NeedKarma See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
Here are a few web pages that discuss how to do this:

http://www.winxpfix.com/page5.htm

http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/dualboot.htm
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Jun 22, 2006, 05:41 AM   #3  
Junior Member
Flintstones1962 is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 55
Flintstones1962 See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
Hello,
I would do like this :
start the system from the CD-r ( XP )
select the repair windows
select the partion where XP is installed
give the password of the administrator
give the command FIXMBR and press Enter
This command will discover all the OS installed on your computer,
type Exit and press Enter
restart your computer normally ( remove the XP cd )
You should be able to see 2 OS to choose from.

I personally did that before so many times, and it worked.

Hope it will work with you too.

Greetinngs
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Jun 22, 2006, 06:26 AM   #4  
Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
ScottGem is offline
 
ScottGem's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: LI, NY - USA
Posts: 33,676
ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.ScottGem See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
Pay to call ScottGem for advice ($.75/min)
Call ScottGem via Skype™
The problem is I think you have the install backwards. Win 9x (which includes Win ME) needs to be installed on a C drive. Win XP can be installed on a different partition. If you want to do this, You would need to reformat your drives, Install Win Me on the C then install WinXP on the secondary drive. During the XP install you will be able to setup a Dual boot situation.
  Reply With Quote
 
     
 
 
Old Sep 4, 2007, 10:37 AM   #5  
New Member
abhay65 is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 2
abhay65 See this member's comment history on his/her Profile page.
try using a hard drive switch. Avl from Indus Technologies (Hard Drive Switches: Multiple Hard Drive Switch - Indus Technologies Inc. Hard Drive Switches)
  Reply With Quote
 
     

Your Answer
Email me when someone replies to my answer
Join Login





Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

 
Similar Sponsors


Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Show Printable Version
Email this Page Email this Page

Similar Threads
external hard drives
(1 replies)
lost two phisical hard drives
(1 replies)
Hard drives
(3 replies)
running 2 hard drives
(6 replies)
Hard Drives
(4 replies)

Search this Thread

Advanced Search

Bookmarks

Sponsors



Copyright ©2003 - 2009, Ask Me Help Desk.
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:57 PM.