The boot process is controlled by the file "boot.ini" under your
system disk (that is the partition that contains the BOOT files..)
If you have the files "boot.ini" , "ntdetect.com", "ntldr" on your "active"/primary disk, so you can actually get the "boot menu" up, all you have to do is to change some things in the
boot.ini file.
the boot.ini file have so called
arc-paths to point to the partition that contains the
system files (this is called the
boot partition....) , logical isn't it
if your
arc-path looks like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
It means this:
multi(0) is the first BIOS controlled drive-controller
disk(0) has no meaning if
multi
rdisk(1) means that the drive is the second one (slave)
Partition(2) means....just that, partition number 2 on that drive
remember that multi,disk,rdisk have a startingnumber of 0,
but partition has a starting number of 1.
So, all you have to do is to change the numbers to reflect the "new" position of your partition that holds your system files (windows catalog).
....comprende?
/Sonny
