Windows2000Pro & Server
This is a discussion about Windows2000Pro & Server in the Windows Software category; Hello, I have 3 Harddisks! 2 of them are connected to my onboard RAID controller. Se third one is connected to the IDE0 in my motherboard. I installed Windows2000 Pro in the RAID HDs, at this time this HDs had the Active partition.
Hello,
I have 3 Harddisks! 2 of them are connected to my onboard RAID controller.
Se third one is connected to the IDE0 in my motherboard.
I installed Windows2000 Pro in the RAID HDs, at this time this HDs had the Active partition...
But now I changed the Active partition to the IDE0 HD and installed Windows 2000 Server there...
On the BIOS if I choo to boot from HDD0 I go to Windows2000Server, if I choose SCSI (ULTRA ATA RAID) I log into the Windows2000 PRO.
Is there anyway that I could set the (IDE HDD0) to be the bootable drive, with a menu that would include windows2k Pro and Server options?
The reason that I need the IDE0 to be bootable is besause I always wipe up the windows2K Pro with a Norton Ghost image, so that's why I wnat to put the Menu option as long as the boot information on the IDE0 not on the RAID partition....
Does anyone knows what I'm talking about? If yes I would really aprecciate your help!!
Thank you !!
FTM
I have 3 Harddisks! 2 of them are connected to my onboard RAID controller.
Se third one is connected to the IDE0 in my motherboard.
I installed Windows2000 Pro in the RAID HDs, at this time this HDs had the Active partition...
But now I changed the Active partition to the IDE0 HD and installed Windows 2000 Server there...
On the BIOS if I choo to boot from HDD0 I go to Windows2000Server, if I choose SCSI (ULTRA ATA RAID) I log into the Windows2000 PRO.
Is there anyway that I could set the (IDE HDD0) to be the bootable drive, with a menu that would include windows2k Pro and Server options?
The reason that I need the IDE0 to be bootable is besause I always wipe up the windows2K Pro with a Norton Ghost image, so that's why I wnat to put the Menu option as long as the boot information on the IDE0 not on the RAID partition....
Does anyone knows what I'm talking about? If yes I would really aprecciate your help!!
Thank you !!
FTM
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You can set the priority of IDE/IDE RAID boot options in the BIOS of your mobo.
You can modify each boot.ini on the IDE/RAID HD's to point to the other but to boot from 1 or the other you'll have to go into the bios.
You can modify each boot.ini on the IDE/RAID HD's to point to the other but to boot from 1 or the other you'll have to go into the bios.
And if that doesn't work, you can briefly disconnect your RAID setup so that your IDE0 is the only thing plugged in, run Win2k setup and select "repair".. and have it repair the boot environment.
Hmm.. only problem then is it might get confused, since you will now have two bootable drives. Hmm. Just a thought I had.
Hmm.. only problem then is it might get confused, since you will now have two bootable drives. Hmm. Just a thought I had.
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Well that's what I did, I copied and pasted the boot.ini from the Wi2kpro into the Win2kserver boot.ini file....
LEt's see if that works.... I'll let you know!!
LEt's see if that works.... I'll let you know!!
