Re: Boot problems - "Error loading operating system"

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"Andrew Stucken" <Andrew Stucken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I installed another OS hoping to dual boot with Windows and now I am
getting
an error message: "Error Loading Operating System" when I try to boot into
Windows.

I have used the fixmbr command in XP Recovery Console but it has not
solved
the problem. When I was asked which installation I wanted to go to, not
knowing what to put, I hit '1' and Enter. Should I have been entering the
command at C: prompt or c:\windows

Can anyone help please?

TIA

Andrew Stucken

What is this "other OS"?

Try booting the machine with a WinXP floppy boot disk. You
can make it like so:
- Format a diskette on some WinXP/2000 PC.
- Copy these files from the i386 folder of your WinXP CD to it:
* ntldr
* ntdetect.com
- Using a text editor, create the file a:\boot.ini:
[boot loader]
timeout=15
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="1 Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="2 Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="3 Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="4 Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
- Boot the machine with this diskette and try all four options.
If none work, report what you see on the screen.


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