[naderbd]

I already have Windows 98 installed in my computer, I have 2 fixed disk on it, one contains all my work and personal files, its capacity is 40MG, the other is 13 MG, it will be for my son, I going to re place windows 98 in both of them with Windows 2000 SP4.
The problem is that Windows 2000 recognize that there is 2 hard drive in the computer, I don’t want it when my son use his hard drive, I don’t want any sign that there is another hard drive in my sons windows 2000 version at all…I tried to do that in the BIOS to make one active and one not active, but windows 2000 recognize any hard drive in the system even if it is inactive in the BIOS…

Please help

[NeedKarma]

Are you installing Win2000 on both hard drives or just one (C:)?
Are you planning to dual-boot?
Why "hide" the second drive? How will he be able to access it if you hide it?

[naderbd]

Hi..
I will install Windows 2000 in both of hard drives
Yes I want to be dual boot
I don't want anybody "see" that there is another hard drive installed in the system..
So the deal is :
One hard drive appears to my son or anybody
I only who knows and can access to both of the hard drives

Regards...

[psi42]

I think you can do this with GRUB.

Take a look at this.

If GRUB hides a DOS (or Windows) partition (see section hide), DOS (or Windows) will ignore the partition. If GRUB unhides a DOS (or Windows) partition (see section unhide), DOS (or Windows) will detect the partition. Thus, if you have installed DOS (or Windows) on the first and the second partition of the first hard disk, and you want to boot the copy on the first partition, do the following:

grub> unhide (hd0,0)
grub> hide (hd0,1)
grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
grub> chainloader +1
grub> makeactive
grub> boot

So, at least from what I read there, it is possible to do what you want to do. It says windows will ignore the _partition_ but I doubt it will ignore the fact the disk itself exists. Again, I'm not sure, as I haven't done it before.

Even if it _does_ work for you, I don't think you'd want to use GRUB, because I doubt you can install the support files through windows, or even on a windows filesystem.


I'm still not sure exactly what you're trying to do. Perhaps you could elaborate..

~psi42

[Smokescreen]

Actually it's very easy.. download TweakUI from Microsoft. With this you can choos which drives will be seen and accessible.

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