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To: Spots who wrote (6316)	2/15/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Can I just copy and paste this into my existing boot.ini? Yes, but let me go back and check it again <g>. If Clarence uses the boot.ini in your post he will get a boot option to the second drive if I understand correctly. This is not his original configuration..and to my knowledge not the intent (was not the intent)...seems like an interesting consideration to me. Would it have any affect on ones attempt to maintain independent OSes/drives? If Clarence is using the latest Drive Image version I believe he can extract a single file. I have not tried it myself. Zeuspaul

To: Spots who wrote (6316)	2/15/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Spots now you know what it's supposed to say, right? Right.... now that you have explained the lingo(s) And of course save the boot.ini file you have. you mean this one... [boot loader] timeout=0 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT0 I understood you to say to replace it with.. boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="NT Workstation 4.0" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="NT Workstation 4.0 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos Why save the first? I thought it was partial. or If the replacement boot.ini file will give me a choice of NT on IDE1 in Winnt or NT on IDE2 in Winnt0, with a default to Winnt on IDE1 do I need my original file for the Winnt0 option? Can two separate boot.ini files for the same bootup coexist like that? I thought I was starting to understand just when my house of cards collapsed again<g> Summary: 1. Do you mean by saving the boot.ini I have to mean have that and the new one both on C:? 2. Where is the reference to NT on IDE2 in Winnt0 in the boot.ini you posted? OR if you can boot NT from the D drive then you can edit boot.ini from there. How about editing the ide 1 boot.ini right from primary nt on IDE 1? I'm in it now. Clarence