Re: Dual Boot

I like plan B, when I boot into windows Home edition; I see disk 0 The Maxtor
with server 2003 Disk C: and Disk D:Disk C has the operating system on it and
the MBR Disk 1 is F: and E: with xp Home, E: has the operating system on it
with the MBR. Now when I boot into Server 2003, I see Disk 0 J: and K: server
2003 J: Having the operating system and the MBR and Disk 1 XP Home D:and C:
C: having the operating system on it with the MBR.
When I run the Set Systemdrive, both say system Drive=C: Here is
the Bootloader for server 2003: [boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=""WINDOWS SERVER 2003 STANDARD""
/fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
Now here is the Bootloader for XP Home: [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="Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows Recovery Console" /cmdcons
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect The operating system for XP Home is on E: the other F is for
recovery. server 2003 system is on C: and Thanks in advance.
"Vince" wrote:

> I will get right back to you, I have to go pick my son up. Give me 45 min. I
> will get right back to you. Thanks
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Vince" <Vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1122BC67-0F44-44AD-9224-D1F443227666@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Okay, here is what I did.. I used my sons computer, It is a Compaq
> > sr1300nx
> > > and loaded the windows server 2003 on to a Maxter 20gb hard drive set as
> > > slave. The operating system that is on his computer is windows xp home
> > > edition that is on a Western Dig 60gb set as master. It loaded just fine
> > but
> > > when I checked to see what letter the computer gave my maxtor, I could
> > not
> > > see the 60gb hard drive with windows xp home. All I could see is the
> > Maxtor.
> > > The letters were c and d, I split the hard drive. I rebooted and it booted
> > > fine to the Server 2003. What happened was that when I put the Maxtor hard
> > > drive in I must have loosened the IDE cable that went to the Western
> > > dig/master, well, to my surprise, I had loaded the server 2003
> > succesfully
> > > onto the 20gb maxtor while the 60gb Western Dig was diconnected. Now after
> > I
> > > plugged the IDE cable in, I can boot to windows Home edition which is now
> > F,
> > > but when I try to boot to the windows server, I get an error message;
> > Windows
> > > could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt; <windows
> > > root> \system 32\ntoskrnl.exe. Pleases re-install a copy of the above
> > file. I
> > > can put the server cd in and it will bootup, or I can unplug the ide cable
> > to
> > > the 60gb and it will boot to server 2003, and I can boot to windows Home
> > > edition fine. How can I install ntoskrnl.exe. I re-installed server 2003
> > and
> > > I also have updated all the updates for server 2003. Any suggestions on
> > how
> > > to remedy this? I never put XOSL on the end of the hard drive like you
> > told
> > > me to, but I did partition for it:(
> >
> > Your problem is caused by a shift in partition numbers.
> > This is superficially easily fixed, by adjusting the file
> > c:\boot.ini. However, it will lead to other problems
> > that are much harder to fix.
> >
> > There are two ways to recover from this mishap:
> >
> > a) Connect both disks, and reload Windows Server.
> > b) Start using XOSL.
> >
> > If you lean towards option b) then you need to post
> > more information.
> > 1. When you boot into WinXP Home, what drives do
> > you see in "My Computer"?
> > 2. Click Start / Run, type cmd {OK}, then type this:
> > set systemdrive
> > What do you see?
> > 3. When you boot into Server, what drives do
> > you see in "My Computer"?
> > 4. Click Start / Run, type cmd {OK}, then type this:
> > set systemdrive
> > What do you see?
> > 5. Describe in detail the partitions of both disks.
> >
> >
> >
.

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