Re: W2K & Win XP Pro duel boot

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 07:46:48 +1100

"dan" <dm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23PLy8QS6EHA.2608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hello, I have a big problem with opening XP Pro in my duel boot
> configuration. I have 2 hard drives with W2K Pro sp4 on Hard Drive C: and
XP
> Pro on Hard Drive F: When I start the computer I get the choice of
selecting
> which OS to open. W2K Pro became very slow and unstable from so many
> programs loaded and uninstalled on it, I use it to test programs. So I
> decided to do an upgrade on it with the W2K CD. I uninstalled sp4 and W2K
> went back to the original installation W2K Pro sp2. I then loaded W2K and
> put in my W2K CD it started and ask if I wanted to up grade or new
install.
> I did an upgrade so I would not lose my good programs on that disk. It did
> an upgrade without issues. I needed to load 1 driver one for my HP printer
> and my W2K OS was back to being stable and fast without any issues. Then I
> loaded sp4 again IE 6 sp 1 and all of the updates. My W2K was running like
> it did when first installed, fast and without any problems. All good
> programs were there and working great. I thought wow look what I did. I am
> not a computer geek, I am beginner. So I shout down the computer and
> restarted it and the screen come up which OS I wanted, I chose XP Pro and
I
> for this error: "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file
is
> missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\systemd startup options for
> windows 2000" I shutdown the computer and started it all over again making
> sure a chose the right os, I did choose XP and got the same error. I
> restarted the computer and chose W2K Pro to see if it would load and it
> loaded fine. Worked fine. So I am not so great after all fixing it. I do
> know about the boot.ini file and here is a copy of that file>
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
> Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
>
> I can go to windows explorer in W2K and see Drive F: and I can click on it
> and it will open in W2K but nothing will run, I tried to go to my account
> and it said access denied. I can open window folder but I do not know what
> all those files mean. What I do know I fixed W2K Pro and messed up getting
> to XP Pro. And XP pro is what my family uses. Thank you for any help or
> advice getting to XP Pro.
>
> Dan

There are three problems with your machine:

The numbers don't add up in c:\boot.ini. They should be like so:
boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(4)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect

The boot files are wrong. Replace the hidden files c:\ntldr and
c:\ntdetect.com with their correct versions from the i386 folder
on your WinXP CD.

The spelling is dangerous. "Duelling" is what you do with pistols
at dawn. Your PC uses "dual" booting. :-)

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