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I have 2 hard drives in this computer, I recently installed a new one (after disconnecting the one with 2000 on it) and put Windows XP on it, now I have XP on one drive, but I'd like to dual boot, I have my 2000 drive hooked up but how can I set it up so the boot menu comes up and gives me an option of XP or 2000?

It's too late now but you should have left the old HDD as it was & connected the new HDD to the 2ndary channel. Then booted into Win2K, popped in the WinXP CD & when prompted to "upgrade", select "advanced" instead, then directed XP to install onto the new HDD. The dual boot setup would have been automatically created.
Now you'll need a 3rd party boot manager program.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utili...
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

I am not sure if this works, but backup data ---
The second article tells how to add or remove an O.S. from the boot.ini file.
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...
The Purpose of the Boot.ini File in Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/defaul...
HOW TO: Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP

Did you manage to resolve this issue - either with/without an add-in util? Can be "dun" either way...

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