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>>>>Antonio Lam <laman@accsoft.com.au> wrote in article
<19970618152051389850@user150.accsoft.com.au>...

> > >>I've got 2 hard disks in my computer. One on which is WinNT 4.0, my
primary
> > >>OS. On the other one, I keep Win95, primarily for games play. My
current
> > >>situation is as follows: every time I want to boot Win95, I have to
switch
> > >>my hard disk cables so that my second hard disk becomes the first
disk, and
> > >>vice versa. And when I want to boot NT again, I have to do the same
job...
> > >
> > >     ....... (snip)
> > >
> > >     Windows95 should be installed on the first hard disk on the
> > >     C:\ partition and NT on the second hard disk. Windows95
> > >     only works if its installed on the first hard disk on C:\
> > >
> > > -- Ode --
> > WRONG!
> > Iv'e installed Win95 on drive D:\ on more than one occasion without any
> > problems.
> WRONG Again!!
> 
> Actually, if you install Win95 (or DOS) first, and then WinNT, WinNT
> loader will have an option to choose during the bootup process, where
> you can choose either Win95 (or DOS), or WinNT if you have them
> installed.
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Antonio

There are many ways of going about solving this problem.  To install the
boot manager you can boot from a windows
95 boot disk and do a sys of the NT hard drive, assuming NT is on FAT. 
Then use NT boot up diskettes to repair a corrupt installation.  This will
install the boot manager.  You can put windows95 or NT on which ever disk
you want. Note that 95 and NT require certain
boot files.  Put these in the appropriate directories.  You can edit the
boot.ini to change the path where the boot manager
looks for the bootup files. ie throw it to NT or Win95 directorys.  Win95
looks in the msdos.sys to find the win95 boot
directory.  When booting 95 it is best to have it on the c drive so that
the paths in the ini files still work.  However, you 
want the same for NT so make sure that you boot on the c drive for both
OS's. Which occurs if NT is C and 95 is D but
when 95 boots it doesn't see the NT disk to 95 thinks that it is on C.
(this is one way to do it).  If you mess up the 95
installation, install win95 into the same windows directory.  This will
solve any path problems and maintain already installed
applications.
The important thing to remember is that you can always recover as long as
you don't delete anything.

Mike Behrens
mbehrens@intrinsa.com