Backing up with Ghost

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Hi Guys. I'm installing dual operating systems on a new machine, each on it's own partition. Do the two systems share a common boot sector, and where is it located - on C drive?

I installed OS #1 on C: and then made a partion to image copy with ghost. I then installed OS # 2 on D: and made a partition to image copy of that one as well.

As a test I restored partition #1. That worked but I lost the ability to boot to D: As if there was no reference to it in the Boot record. Would it work if I installed both operating systems again and THEN made copies of each partition? Could I then restore C: and not lose D:?

I suppose it would work if I just imaged the whole drive, but where's the challenge in that?

T.I.A.
 
Check in your BIOS. It is probably defaulting to boot from C:. Somewhere you need to change the setting for boot.ini, so it askes you "OS C:, or OS D:?" Go to your BIOS, and look for something having to do with boot up. Write down what you change!! That way, if it doesn't do what you want, you can change it back easier.
 
Thanks for the reply. I'm looking into the boot.ini approach.
 
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