Thanks for the response.
I cannot repair the XP installation on D:, because the Recovery Console only recognizes the W2k installation on C:. It does not see the XP installation.
Regarding the "fixboot" tool. I guess you would call me a power user (i.e. I know enough to get me into trouble but not enough to get me out), and the "fixboot" options scare me a bit. So I ask for your clarification.
When I have the two-partition drive on the primary channel of the primary IDE bus, I CANNOT see the second partition. It is no longer called D:, and when I try to get a directory listing from the various drives on my system (using the Recovery Console after logging in to the W2k install on C
the drive that I believe has the original XP install gives me "An error occured during directory enumeration."
If I put the two-partition drive on the the secondary IDE bus (and boot from a different drive), I CAN see both the first and the second partition and all my files are accessible.
Question:
1) Can I use fixboot on a partitioned drive on a secondary channel?
2) The idea of writing anything to the troubled partition scares me. Do I risk losing access to the partition entirely if I use fixboot?
Thanks