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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (4435)	12/24/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) of 14778

C: is with w98, and D: is with WNT. You can boot from either by changing the bios boot disk from C to D. It is workable but it is not exactly what you asked for. The C and D designation in the bios is really a Master(C) Slave(D) designation. You are right. When you select "D" to boot it will be NT and it will be the C drive. When you select "C" in the bios it will be C and will boot Win98. Generally you would want the primary OS installation on the Master drive. I don't know if there are any good reasons for this other than it is the logical thing to do. It is easy to change. It is a jumper setting on the harddrive. The NT drive has been jumpered slave and the Win98 drive has been jumpered Master. I would leave it like it is for now unless you feel like opening the case and tinkering. The difficulty would depend on the location / accessibility of the jumpers and the documentation indicating the master slave jumper positions. Moving the jumper may require a pair of tweezers unless you have small hands. Zeuspaul

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