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copy dual boot system
Name: litz Date: August 4, 2003 at 22:19:27 Pacific OS: win98/winxp CPU/Ram: 250/96mb
Comment:
hi, everyone! i know the step to copy win98 from one hard disk to another, but now i wish to copy a dual boot system. is it possible using xcopy? or drive image? what are the command if i use xcopy? how to make them bootable?
Name: Bobthearch Date: August 4, 2003 at 22:36:21 Pacific
Reply:
If you 'ghost' one drive to another, it should be an exact copy, including the boot sector.
Anyone, feel free to correct me if I'm mistaken.
-Bob
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Response Number 2
Name: jake Date: August 5, 2003 at 10:16:20 Pacific
Reply:
Using Drive Image or Ghost will do the trick. But since it is a copy of the C: drive you cannot use a dual boot manager to dual boot. However, you can use the Bios to switch drives. To swap drives enter the Bios and select the hard drive to boot from. The Bios will make that drive C: and the other drive D:.
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