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<blockquote data-quote="eengrms" data-source="post: 275215" data-attributes="member: 547046">If you put two drives with active partitions on them into your computer, regardless of which controller they are on, you will probably have some problems.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t say this is definitely it, but it could be why it&#039;s freezing.&quot;It might automatically configure itself&quot;? I didn&#039;t realize hard drives had A.I. chips in them now? What you suggest might work, but that&#039;s not the proper way to do it.&nbsp; If you want to tell him how to rig it, that&#039;s fine.Wrong.&nbsp; When you install multiple OS&#039;s you need to configure a DOS Boot manager, unless you do it correctly and have XP on the main C partition- or some variation of that.&nbsp; Otherwise you need to set aside a small partition, non NTFS, to house the bootmanager.&nbsp; Again you can get around this if you do it all properly by having XP on the C drive and then installing 2000 onto a secondary drive.&nbsp; If you&#039;ve done it differently great- tell him what you did, because you&#039;re suggestion will only work once he gets it all installed correctly.**edit** and for someone who supposedly knows so much about computers, it&#039;s surprising you couldn&#039;t even figure out how to quote properly...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eengrms, post: 275215, member: 547046"] If you put two drives with active partitions on them into your computer, regardless of which controller they are on, you will probably have some problems. I didn't say this is definitely it, but it could be why it's freezing. "It might automatically configure itself"? I didn't realize hard drives had A.I. chips in them now? What you suggest might work, but that's not the proper way to do it. If you want to tell him how to rig it, that's fine. Wrong. When you install multiple OS's you need to configure a DOS Boot manager, unless you do it correctly and have XP on the main C partition- or some variation of that. Otherwise you need to set aside a small partition, non NTFS, to house the bootmanager. Again you can get around this if you do it all properly by having XP on the C drive and then installing 2000 onto a secondary drive. If you've done it differently great- tell him what you did, because you're suggestion will only work once he gets it all installed correctly. **edit** and for someone who supposedly knows so much about computers, it's surprising you couldn't even figure out how to quote properly... [/QUOTE]

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