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Multi Boot Win2K/NT4WS
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| hudsongary 2002-03-14, 3:55 pm |
| I installed a clean version of Windows 2000 but I already had NT4 installed. I have now decided I no longer need NT so I ran install again and chose to upgrade but on bootup I was still being asked which OS I want to boot to. After choosing 2000 and changing the timer to 0 my machine now boots to 2000 but my boot/system files are on my D:\ with nothing on C:\. I have tried copying all files from D:\ to C:\ but it wont let me and in Disk Management I have tried to make C:\ active, format D:\ and change the drive letter but all I get back is "Cannot modify the drive letter of your system or boot volume" My machine runs ok but I would like my boot drive to be C:\
Can anybody help? | |
| Johnny5Alive 2002-03-14, 4:39 pm |
| ...tricky. I would say you cannot acheive what you want without a re-install (and re-partition of your entire drive). Your boot.ini (which is in your active/system partition shows where to locate the boot partition, where the Operating System is installed.. It will say something like :
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[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0
)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partiti
on(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partiti
on(3)\WINNTSRV="Microsoft Windows 2000 Server" /fastdetect
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This is my boot.ini file copy/paste. The partition(x) shows what partition each operation system is in. The C: in your case will show NT. My sugestion is leave it as is: ie- c: as active partition and d: where the OS is installed. Use the c: to store files now. Alternative is to repartition your drive and install Win2K from scratch. | |
| wbafrank 2002-03-14, 5:05 pm |
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Originally posted by hudsongary I have now decided I no longer need NT so I ran install again
 I'm still trying to figure out why you chose this option - wouldn't it have been easier to format the partition? |
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