Re: dual boot and registry problems: missing system file

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:15:33 -0500

Hi Larry,

Boot into Win2000, insert the WinXP CD. Copy ntldr and ntdetect.com from the
I386 folder to the root of the boot partition (you will see the Win2000
version of those files there if your folder options/view are set to see
hidden and system files). Overwrite the existing files, then restart the
system and try accessing WinXP. 

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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
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"Larry Wight" <larry@wightlight.com> wrote in message
news:wfSdndHFyZPU2t_dRVn3tw@rockisland.com...
> I installed win2k on an external drive on my XP machine and when done
found
> that while win2k booted fine, but I had lost my XP boot. It says when
trying
> to boot XP, "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is
> missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd..."
> I have attempted to reconstruct the registry using KB 307545, "How to
> recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting"
> but have found that indeed the files \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM  and
> \WINDOWS\REPAIR\SYSTEM are both missing. In addition, the drive on which
XP
> should run got redesignated as "D" from "C" (I don't know if that is
> actually part of this problem).
>
> I am getting more and more concerned. Is there any alternative to a fresh
> install of XP? Will I lose data and software when re-installing XP ??
>
> Larry Wight
>
>

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