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Dual boot XP64 & XP32 (Already installed)
LockedHi,
My situation is this, I have XP64 on my C Drive and I have a fresh install of XP32 on my D: Drive (Which is a physically different drive). All I want to do is to be able to dual boot into either at startup. The reason I have re-installed XP32 is because I have an Audio workstation and sorry to say it but the Software just hasn’t caught up yet completely. so I need 32 bit windows.
This is really bugging me now. I’ve tried modifying the boot.ini file as I was told this was the best and easiest way to sort this out. I have unplugged the SATA cables from the other drive and booted directly to the installation of both. When I modified the boot.ini file of the XP32, I added the follwing line at the end of the file: J:\ “Windows XP Professional 64”, rebooted and the choice of the two appeared. I selected the XP 64 and it just rebooted the machine. The other way around, I added the following line to the XP64 boot.ini file: “D:\ “Windows XP Professional”, and then rebooted. Got the boot menu, selected XP Professional (32) and I got the following error “NTOSKRNL.EXE is missing or corrupt.” Yet when I take out the cable from the XP64 and just boot to the XP32 Drive (D:\) it boots up fine.
I really do not understand what is happening here, so would really appreciate some help with this.
Thanks
Paul