making SCSI D into C or mbr?

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.

 

Larkin

Forget all that converting and switching stuff!

Here is the correct way to do it!

Use fdisk on the IDE drive and format it as an extended partition!

Then disconnect it and partition the SCSI as Primary partition and and reinstall windows XP!

Then reattach the IDE either as a slave or secondary master!

This way you have a standardized installation and don't have to play with the BIOS and/or Disk manager in the OS!

This may not be what you wanted to hear but it is the best way!

Otherwise I would leave it as it is if it is working!

Good luck!

Mike