How to make slave disk with second copy of Windows main and bootable?

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How to make slave disk with second copy of Windows main and bootable?

I have two logical HDD partitions with Windows XP installed on them. First (old and "main") copy is WinXP x86 SP3 and second is WinXP x64 SP2. Currently I want to completely remove HDD drive with first copy of WinXP. But it looks like it is impossible to run Windows from secondary partition directly (because there is not boot.* files, ntldr etc.) So my question: is it possible to make my secondary windows copy "main" and directly bootable without first copy ?

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If you really wanted to run the 64 bit XP. As per the previous answer, you would need to boot up with...

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Nope it won't be bootable you'll need to make an ISO using a program like ultraISO or Magic ISO and...

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How to make a bootable windows xp disk?

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Here are two detailed TUTORIALS on Creating XP bootable Disks. Hope it help. How to make your XP bootable...

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How to make a bootable windows xp recovery disk on a CD?

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How can i copy an XP disk and make it bootable, just like the original?

My friend has an original XP Home disk, I want to copy it to use the Recovery Console as I have frequent crashes on my laptop. How can I make it just like the original, ie. bootable?

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Sounds illegal.

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How to make a bootable disk of pre installed windows 7.?

I have bought a new laptop with pre installed windows 7,i want to install a clean windows as it became some corrupted,how can i make a bootable dvd of it?

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How to make a bootable restore disk for windows xp?

I need one that restores everything to factory settings and makes a new operating system like the original restore disk that you get with it

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Go to the link given below. It may help you - http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createw… or http...

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Can I create a bootable Windows XP install disk from a recovery disk for another computer by slipstreaming?

I want to re-install windows onto a IBM computer that I fixed. It had Windows XP Professional before. The product key is still on the case. Okay so can I use the recovery disks from a different computer say an HP and combine different files in order...

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Technically in an open forum like Yahoo Questions and Answers, I can't say yes, you can only try and...

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Is there a legal way to make a copy of windows, that is already installed, for use on a new hard drive?

I'll try to explain. I have windows xp pro sp2. I bought a new hard drive, and can't find the start up disk, the one that has windows on it. I have my product key, I just need the disk. I want to install the same copy of windows, that came with my PC...

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Under certain circumstances Microsoft will allow disk duplication of Windows XP installations. http...

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Is there a legal way to make a copy of windows, that is already installed, for use on a new hard drive?

I'll try to explain. I have windows xp pro sp2. I bought a new hard drive, and can't find the start up disk, the one that has windows on it. I have my product key, I just need the disk. I want to install the same copy of windows, that came with my PC...

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There's no way to make a copy of Windows itself from an existing computer like what you're trying to...

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