Re: W2K & Win XP Pro duel boot

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From: dan (dm_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:40:01 -0600

Pegasus,

I have to thank you again, it only took about 5 minutes to do what you told
me to do and everything works fine. So I will not have to duel at dawn
tomorrow. My daughter thanks you and my grandchildren thank you. Happy
Holidays.

Dan

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>
> "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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