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Marshall Fortescue <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 9 Mar 2002 10:01:20 -0500
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I am upset with myself for not being able to figure this one out...I've been
out to Computing.net, NOSPIN, Microsoft KBs...and, I know this is a
realatively simple thing to do:

I'm trying to dual boot my computer, one OS on each Hard Drive.  Installing
XP has always given me an error toward the end that my C drive is
"corrupt(?)" and setup can't continue.  I therefore, want to put XP by
itself on a partition on my 2nd HD.  I read somewhere that the boot info is
always on the C drive for both OSs that are on the computer...so, I'm trying
to make my 2nd drive the "C" drive and know that that drive and the boot
info are NOT corrupt.  (I'm not sure why XP install would say my drive is
corrupt, but it does).  I tried W2000 as well months ago and got the same
error.

My computer WinME, 366 (I know this doesn't have much cpu power), 256meg,
20g and 40g HDs.

Using FDISK, I've been trying to set my 2nd Hard Drive (40gig) as the
"fixed" drive.  (I want to install XP on it).  I already have WinME on my
1st Hard Drive (20gig).  In FDISK, I select "Change fixed drive" option,
select "2" (the 2nd drive), reboot, go back into FDISK and find that "1" is
back again as the fixed drive.  Am I missing steps?  Is an option to remove
my 1st HD and just to get the 2nd drive working with XP and then reinstall
the 1st drive??

Thanks for any help!  I hope I've explained my issue.

Marshall

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