First thing to try is replacing the XP partition boot record (PBR) from the XP CD Recovery Console. You’ll need your raid controller drivers on...
VistaBootPro can only be run from inside Vista, so no use in this case. Replacing the XP partition boot record (PBR) should do the trick...
Boot Magic can’t boot XP from a second hard drive. You need a bootmanager than can "˜Drive Swap’ as the XP bootloader file can only run from...
I agree, try another zerofill. Have a go with www.killdisk.com and see if it recognises the full size of the drive. If it only sees 38gigs then...
Tried doing some parallel installs and in all cases it failed. Vista moves the previous OS’s files into a folder called Windows.old, from where it...
FileZilla is open source and free. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558...
Do you mean you did a parallel install of Vista to the same partition as your XP install was on? I’ve not tried this but if Vista Beta-2 is...
I’m not familiar with your motherboard but perhaps the default bios settings make the IDE channels the boot device and your bios does not then...
Don’t run fdisk/mbr as you will remove Vista’s Disk Signature number from the MBR. If the XP partition has been formatted you will have lost...
You need to reinstate the XP partition boot record (PBR) so it again targets the XP boot files instead of the Vista ones. You can then delete the...
Can’t see why it would affect the warranty, it would just mean you would no longer be able to restore Windows to factory condition with the Dell...
If you change the partitions on the drive the Dell restore system will no longer work. http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/index.htm
There should be an option from the Vista DVD to delete partitions on the drive. Then just choose the unallocated space for the install and it will...
Most likely a partition table error or a Dynamic Drive Overlay, installed by the Maxtor tool. Do a zero fill on the drive with something like...
Kevin A…… If your internal drive is SATA then you can connect the IDE as master or slave "“ either would work as long as you set the jumper...
I use this little app for finding such pests http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=asviewer if you check all three auto start locations on...
Sorry Brad, but are you saying that did or didn’t work? If no then you might have to reboot after applying the fix "“ always worth rebooting anyway.
Have you installed at least SP3 yet in 2K? Without the 48bit LBA fix 2K won’t work with hard drives over 137gig. This little app can check if it’s...
Can’t see any problems with that approach. When both drives are connected and you are back in XP you may want to tell System Restore not to...
Maybe not..... but is sounds similar to a recent MS update problem. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918165...
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