I have installed XP Pro in two separate partitions on the same hard drive. (There is a reason - long story.) By default I'm using the MS boot loader of the first XP and have added an entry to its boot.ini file to boot the second XP. I can boot either one successfully that way but with one quirk: the second XP sets the main drive to D: not C: (it sees the 1st XP as the C: ). I really want both XPs to use C: as their main drive.
It seems that the 2nd XP sees the 1st XP partition as the "system" partition because that's where it booted from - and maybe that's why it assigns the C: drive letter to it?
I have never used EasyBCD. If I install it, will it prevent the 2nd XP from seeing the 1st XP partition as a system drive (since it won't boot from there anymore) and therefore not assign C: to that 1st partition? I would prefer to find this out before I invest the time trying out EasyBCD.
Thank you!
It seems that the 2nd XP sees the 1st XP partition as the "system" partition because that's where it booted from - and maybe that's why it assigns the C: drive letter to it?
I have never used EasyBCD. If I install it, will it prevent the 2nd XP from seeing the 1st XP partition as a system drive (since it won't boot from there anymore) and therefore not assign C: to that 1st partition? I would prefer to find this out before I invest the time trying out EasyBCD.
Thank you!