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Hi, I installed XP Pro on internal 18G SCSI Quant. Atlas III ultra 80 pin, & it works fine, is drive "D". But the C is the internal IDE 10 G WD, with w98se on it. I can see on boot that the MBR being called is the one on the C drive. When I designate in BIOS to look at the SCSI drive first (it's SCSI address 0, in case you asked), I get the familiar "DHCP" message with the propeller, meaning I think when BIOS looks at the SCSI MBR, it ain't there, or the instructions don't answer the "which boot drive?"
So does XP pro provide a way to fix the MBR on SCSI, or is there another way to have the MBR installed on that SCSI? I want that SCSI to be the boot & main drive; then I'll format the IDE & use is for data, now that the XP is where I want it. I have Ghost, but using that to move XP to the IDE - not done it, and is it worth it?
I also saw in an earlier note about changing the drive mapping. And I also have PQ Boot Magic. Would any of this get the SCSI as boot? Or is the only other choice to simply wipe the IDE C drive & start over on XP install? Thank you.
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