XP Home Dual Boot..OSS won't recognize image

Hello all,

am using DD 9 and have a problem.
Have Terabyte 1.93 here to backup XP as an .img file..working fine.
So restored an image to 2nd partition for a dual boot.
Icon was there in OSS but got me to 1st partition all the time.
What do I do wrong? Read FAQ and tried everything.
Help plz.

Greetz from Germany.

KHW

 

What program (name, version and build) did you use to create and restore the backup image?

Was OSS installed prior to restoring the image to the second partition?

Is the second partition a Primary partition?

Have you checked the OSS menu entry properties for the second XP entry? Does it show the correct partition as Active and as the booting partition?

Have you checked the boot.ini file on the second partition is correct as well as the boot.ini file used by OSS (in the OS's menu entry properties)?

Does the first XP partition boot correctly from OSS?

 

Hello MudCrab...thanks for answering.

1) Terabyte Image for DOS 1.93 www.terabyteunlimited.com
2) yes
3) yes
4) active yes, booting: am not sure
5) am not sure: What to look for?
6) yes

Had an image of ME on 2nd partition..no problems with OSS.
Overwrote that with XP image. Maybe a format would have been better?
Am new to all this...read FAQ...seems I missed something.

Thanks again.

KHW

 

When you boot to the first XP, can you browse the second XP partition (the one that won't boot)? If so, open the \boot.ini file on the second partition and post the contents. If you can't, boot to the DD CD, start DD, select Manual Mode and then Explore the second partition and view the boot.ini file. Make a note (or picture) of the contents and post it.

It might also be helpful to see the boot.ini file from the first XP partition in case there's any partition table order problems.

I don't know if IFD v1 will change the boot.ini file when it's moved to another partition.