Changing the boot drive FIXBOOT FIXMBR etc

[aohalloran]

I’ve done a lot of searching on the web but have not found a firm solution to the problem I have:

I have my original install of XP on c: drive (1st IDE channel, primary, 1st partition.)

From that installation I installed a new copy of XP on w: - new hard disk (1st IDE channel, slave, 1st partition.)

This gives me a multi boot system where all the boot info is stored on c: and I choose from the boot menu which OS I load.

The disc with the original install of XP had a hardware failure and is very temperamental – will not always be detected etc.

What I need to do is move all the boot info to the new drive so I can throw away the old drive (after I’ve done a bit of data recovery!)

Anyone know exactly what I should do?

I have read that I can remove the old drive, put the new drive on 1st IDE channel primary, go into recovery console, type fixboot then fixmbr (not sure which order). Then type bootcfg to write a boot.ini for the new drive.

Should this work? Anything else I should be aware of?

Help would really be appreciated!

Anthony

[snowmonkey]

question,, is you new drive bootable if you don't have the old drive in the system ? send me PM ,, I may have something that would help you out,, if your new drive is bootable on it's own.


cheers

[aohalloran]

it doesn't boot on its own at the moment

[Grendel]

Try
FIXMBR
FIXBOOT
BOOTCFG /REBUILD

In that order.

[Zizzzzybalooba]

Originally posted by aohalloran
it doesn't boot on its own at the moment

a partition must be set active before it can be booted.. use fdisk to do this