Re: How Partition Numbers are Assigned in BOOT.INI

The boot.ini on the second primary partition has to be:

[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="XPmin @ Part1
" /fastdetect /bootlog /NoExecute=OptOut
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Ron Sommer

"Larry(LJL269)" <NO@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3t1s52hlt706p7f2lur4m4aedjde095hjp@xxxxxxxxxx
Greetings & thank you for your response.

In my case, I have 2 primaries at start of HD followed by a
Logical. PQboot just hides primary u dont want to boot &
sets active the 1 u do. U can do same thing in PM7- just
takes longer. XP will boot from 1st Active primary whether
its 1st or 2nd partition & whether its preceeded by an
unhidden primary.

I had lots problems unhiding other XP that wasnt active- XP
kept treating other partition as an OS, not data. Might this
be.solved by unhiding 2nd XP thats not active but having NO
entry in BOOT.INI for it? ie:here's my BOOT.INI now
[boot loader]
timeout=5
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XPmin @ Part1
" /fastdetect /bootlog /NoExecute=OptOut
What happens if I unhide partition(2) & leave BOOT.INI
alone?

All this is to see if I can get XP1 to repair XP2 like
BartPE does. Theoretically it's same thing.

Gonna post comparison of BartPE vs Recovery Console. 1st
time I've used either. BartPE appears to be way better than
RC.

Comments/suggestions/corrections appreciated.
Thanks- bye- Larry


On Sun, 7 May 2006 09:22:07 -0400, "Doug Knox MS-MVP"
<dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can't speak to PQBoot, but for BootIt NG, it uses a method of faking out
the BIOS. Even though a partition may be the 3rd physical partition on
the drive, you can make the computer believe its the first partition on
the drive, by use of the Boot Menu items.


Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes :)


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