Re: Reinstallation erases all?

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Anton wrote:

When XP wasnt working I'd set it active via w2k, then nothing worked,
deactive without an OS now?

Don't change the Active (System) partition! It will only add confusion to the mix, return the active partition status flag to the original active partition.


I also have an Virtual PC in XP.

That doesn't make a hill of beans of difference, it is not a real operating system, it is "virtual", it can only be started from the Windows installation onto which it was installed, the operating system onto which it relies. Forget about it completely, it is just another source of confusion which has absolutely nothing to do with your booting problem.


XP repair doesnt work, from another Bootdisk it says hal.dll is a problem.

What "other Bootdisk" do you mean? To do a repair install of Windows XP you have to use a real Windows XP cd. What is this other boot disk that you speak of?


I'll try to copy an Hal and then check boot.ini.

Make sure that the partition containing the boot.ini file is the Active partition. Post the contents of the boot.ini file here.

John



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We don't know how your dual boot is setup, in particular we don't know
how your partitions are setup and which one is the Active (system)
partition. Please keep the following in mind:

1- If you set up your dual boot by following the typical Microsoft
instructions Windows 2000 will be installed on the Active (System)
partition. The shared system files Boot.ini, NTDETECT.COM & ntldr will
also be in the root folder on this partition.

2- The Windows 2000 version of the shared files NTDETECT.COM & ntldr
cannot boot a Windows XP installation, the Windows XP version of those
files are aware of Windows 2000 and can boot the older operating system.
If you do an in-place upgrade (repair install) of Windows 2000 after
XP is installed it will replace the XP version of the files with the
older Windows 2000 versions. After the repair you have to replace those
files with the XP versions, the files can be extracted from the Windows
XP cd.

3- More often than not the hal.dll is missing error message isn't
caused by a missing hal.dll, it is usually caused by an incorrect ARC
path in the boot.ini file, the line used to boot Windows XP points to
the wrong location of the installation on the hard disk.

John

Anton wrote:


Repair worked in W2k but not in XP now, like when hal.dll is missing,
option invisible. Chkdsk /r, fixboot and fixmbr didnt help. Should I

perhaps

act as if hal.dll is missing?

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there is a repair
option provided
via the windows
xp setup cd.

the repair option
will replace and
repair corrupted
or missing system
files.

the repair option
will preserve your
windows and file
system.




http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug9

2.mspx


---------------------------
if you use the other
option involving
reinstallation, then
this option will install
windows and overwrite
your system files and
basically wipe away
your customization.

----------------------------

however, there is also
the option to use the
recovery console via
the windows cd.

with this option you
can access the disk and
perhaps run a chkdsk and
a fixboot command in
the hope that this would
be an easier way to go:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
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XP and W2k doesnt boot, I get a black screen and tested reinstallation.

Got


a Warning and stopped, it will wipe out all old files, is that true

when

I'm


not formatting again?













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