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hc25036 · 02-08-2006, 13:06

Long story, but I'm setting up a dual boot XP system (ie both are XP installations). Got the well-known hal.dll problem stopping the dual boot process, but the solution was wierd. MB is an Asus A8N-E and it has 2 WD Caviar SATA2 250Gb hard drives - one XP installation on each drive.

After much head scratching and trying all known solutions for the hal.dll issue, I noticed that when the PC is booting one drive is picked up as LBA and the second (the one that doesn't work) as "CHS". If I change the settings in BIOS for that drive from auto detect to LRG (from memory - it's the only manual option) everything works. Instinctively I don't like that and also not knowing what the problem is. Any ideas?

02-08-2006, 13:06	#1
hc25036 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 20	Odd XP dual boot problem Long story, but I'm setting up a dual boot XP system (ie both are XP installations). Got the well-known hal.dll problem stopping the dual boot process, but the solution was wierd. MB is an Asus A8N-E and it has 2 WD Caviar SATA2 250Gb hard drives - one XP installation on each drive. After much head scratching and trying all known solutions for the hal.dll issue, I noticed that when the PC is booting one drive is picked up as LBA and the second (the one that doesn't work) as "CHS". If I change the settings in BIOS for that drive from auto detect to LRG (from memory - it's the only manual option) everything works. Instinctively I don't like that and also not knowing what the problem is. Any ideas?