Boot.ini problem

Sargentwhitey · Mar 1, 2005, 12:21 AM

Alright what my situation currently is: I have the same boot.ini on two drives, my raptor (main OS) and my 100GB Western Digital (old OS soon to be gone) Now.. what I'm attempting to do is get back an older 30GB hard drive to hold all my data that I need off the 100GB before I take it out.
Boot.ini:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

Now my problem is, that when I plug in the 30GB hard drive which used to have XP Pro on it (up until 5 minutes ago) it tries to automatically boot into that one, not my Raptor. I want to be able to boot into my Raptor drive with all three drives enabled, but its not letting me. I can't figure out what the path of my Raptor's XP Pro is considered when the 30GB is in, which is what I would need to put into my existing boot.ini to get it to boot into it. Any help would be appreciated (as always :P)

mkk · Mar 1, 2005, 05:28 AM

Make the 30GB to run as Slave or on the second IDE connector, and it will not steal the boot priority from the drive set as Master on the first connector. If now or in the future there would be a SATA interface drive involved then one would have to set the BIOS to give boot priority to the SATA interface.

Sargentwhitey · Mar 1, 2005, 04:00 PM

The 30GB is actually the Slave on the first IDE connector, as well as my main OS drive being on a SATA interface (I have already tried making it the main boot drive, but the boot.ini on that drive was incorrect at the time).

mkk · Mar 1, 2005, 05:27 PM

Ah, sorry I didn't see until now. The line "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)" points the default boot to the slave on the first IDE connector. So when you switch that drive position out then the 30GB takes its place. If the operating system you want to boot is on the master drive on the first IDE connector, change the line to "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)".

When giving the SATA interface boot priority in the BIOS, the same last line will point to the first SATA drive. If you don't want to reinstall WinXP on that drive then you can edit the boot.ini file on that drive before switching the boot priority in the BIOS.

Mar 1, 2005, 12:21 AM	#1
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	Boot.ini problem Alright what my situation currently is: I have the same boot.ini on two drives, my raptor (main OS) and my 100GB Western Digital (old OS soon to be gone) Now.. what I'm attempting to do is get back an older 30GB hard drive to hold all my data that I need off the 100GB before I take it out. Boot.ini: [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect Now my problem is, that when I plug in the 30GB hard drive which used to have XP Pro on it (up until 5 minutes ago) it tries to automatically boot into that one, not my Raptor. I want to be able to boot into my Raptor drive with all three drives enabled, but its not letting me. I can't figure out what the path of my Raptor's XP Pro is considered when the 30GB is in, which is what I would need to put into my existing boot.ini to get it to boot into it. Any help would be appreciated (as always :P) __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Mar 1, 2005, 04:00 PM	Thread Starter #3
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	The 30GB is actually the Slave on the first IDE connector, as well as my main OS drive being on a SATA interface (I have already tried making it the main boot drive, but the boot.ini on that drive was incorrect at the time). __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Mar 1, 2005, 05:27 PM	#4
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Ah, sorry I didn't see until now. The line "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)" points the default boot to the slave on the first IDE connector. So when you switch that drive position out then the 30GB takes its place. If the operating system you want to boot is on the master drive on the first IDE connector, change the line to "default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)". When giving the SATA interface boot priority in the BIOS, the same last line will point to the first SATA drive. If you don't want to reinstall WinXP on that drive then you can edit the boot.ini file on that drive before switching the boot priority in the BIOS. Last edited by mkk; Mar 1, 2005 at 05:36 PM.

Mar 1, 2005, 05:28 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Make the 30GB to run as Slave or on the second IDE connector, and it will not steal the boot priority from the drive set as Master on the first connector. If now or in the future there would be a SATA interface drive involved then one would have to set the BIOS to give boot priority to the SATA interface.