Date: 05/04/07 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

I have a client that had 2 hard drives in their system, and Windows gave the option as to what OS to load on bootup. After having to reinstall the OS, the option is now gone. To restore this option, I understand this involves either editing the boot.ini file in DOS or Windows, however I am more concerned about hosing up the OS by incorrectly altering the code.

Given the fact there are 2 HDD running XP, NOT 2 partitions, I code below is as follows:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Professional - Avid" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 2000 Professional - ProTools" /fastdetect

Is this correct?

The main OS it defaults to now - Avid - is recognized as the C drive.

Thanks all!

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