Re: P4C800-E Deluxe & Multipule W2K OS partitions, problems installing to 2nd & 3rd partitions?

Hi there,

I managed on the 3rd try to get it to work by installing W2K-SP4 on
Partition 1, XP on Partition 2 and W2K on Partition 3 I knew about the
boot.ini file but of course forgot about it and using PM I could have
unhidden the Partitions on altered the file but as I say I succeeded
eventually by just setting a Partition to active hiding the other Partitions
and installing the OS.

Again many many thanks for everyone's help, Tim.



"Mercury" <me@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:dk3rr1$5gk$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Have you considered virtual PC or VMWare? You can then run all OS at the
> same time as needed - RAM being the limiting factor. VPC costs less than a
> 200GB disc drive... You still need a s/w license for each install.
>
> I use such setups for s/w testing and have win95a, OSR2, Win98, NT4, W2k
> Pro & Server, and so on running on an XP SP2 desktop.
>
> Many help desk setups use VPC / VMWare so they can see exactly what the
> customer is talking about.
>
> There are trial downloads for both available...
>
> HTH
>
>
> "Tim" <erat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ob79f.140666$G8.136347@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Trying without success to install W2K on 3 Primary partitions on a SATA
>> drive connected to the Promise Raid controller which is set to IDE. No
>> other drives apart from a DVD drive connected to IDE 1.
>>
>> I can install W2K to the first Primary partition installing the Promise
>> drivers from the F6 command and all goes well the OS loads.
>>
>> Then use Partition Magic 8 to set the 2nd hidden partition to Active and
>> hide the other 2 Primary partitions. Again I can start the load of W2K
>> and install the Promise driver at the F6 command and then begin the
>> install of the OS but on the first re-boot the system says 'missing
>> operating system'?
>>
>> I have the BIOS set in Enhanced Mode with SATA and the Promise controller
>> is enabled and in IDE mode.
>>
>> Any thoughts or ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks, Tim.
>>
>
>


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