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| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-14, 1:25 pm |
| I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to another
drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file which
seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
Windows 2000 like screens.
When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K, but
crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss backup
file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
properly???????
Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are set
to active drives. Any suggestions?
| |
|
| Normally with dual boot, you install the earlier operating system first.
Then you do a clean install of the newer operating system and you
will have the choice to select dual boot during the install. My guess
is that if 2000 boots and runs now, that if you did a clean reinstall of
XP that you may have your problem resolved. I am not sure is you can
operating systems on separate drives if they dual boot nor am I sure
that they can both be active at the same time.
Ray
Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to another
> drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file which
> seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> Windows 2000 like screens.
>
> When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K, but
> crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss backup
> file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> properly???????
>
> Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are set
> to active drives. Any suggestions?
>
>
| |
| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-14, 3:25 pm |
| agreed, however why is there no boot.ini file? I figure if I could find that
I would be able to modify it and hopefully get XP back without reinstallin
it.
"Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3E9B0B96.5040804@verizon.net...
> Normally with dual boot, you install the earlier operating system first.
> Then you do a clean install of the newer operating system and you
> will have the choice to select dual boot during the install. My guess
> is that if 2000 boots and runs now, that if you did a clean reinstall of
> XP that you may have your problem resolved. I am not sure is you can
> operating systems on separate drives if they dual boot nor am I sure
> that they can both be active at the same time.
>
> Ray
>
> Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
another
> > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
which
> > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> > Windows 2000 like screens.
> >
> > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K,
but
> > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
backup
> > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > properly???????
> >
> > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are
set
> > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
| |
| Andy Barkl 2003-04-14, 3:25 pm |
| "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to another
> drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
which
> seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> Windows 2000 like screens.
>
> When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K,
but
> crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
backup
> file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> properly???????
>
> Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are
set
> to active drives. Any suggestions?
No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the first drive and
partition- create your own!
| |
|
| I think that the reason you have this problem is that windows 2000 setup has
replaced two key files which are required for windows startup with older
versions of the files. These files will be found in the root of your c:
drive but are hidden. To see them type attrib (after opening a command
prompt) and you will see a list of files two of which are ntdetect.com and
ntldr (note the SHR attributes) you need to replace these files with the
ones found on your Windows XP installation cd and also set the attributes
back to SHR using the attrib command. You must have a boot.ini file
somewhere because you are getting a choice of Windows XP and Windows 2000 at
startup and that is what a boot.ini file does (mine is a hidden file in the
root of C
"Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
news:ZMEma.88$VM2.35@fed1read07...
> "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
another
> > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
> which
> > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> > Windows 2000 like screens.
> >
> > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K,
> but
> > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
> backup
> > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > properly???????
> >
> > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are
> set
> > to active drives. Any suggestions?
>
> No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the first drive
and
> partition- create your own!
>
>
| |
|
|
"Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3e9b2502_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> I think that the reason you have this problem is that windows 2000 setup
has
> replaced two key files which are required for windows startup with older
> versions of the files. These files will be found in the root of your c:
> drive but are hidden. To see them type attrib (after opening a command
> prompt) and you will see a list of files two of which are ntdetect.com and
> ntldr (note the SHR attributes) you need to replace these files with the
> ones found on your Windows XP installation cd and also set the attributes
> back to SHR using the attrib command. You must have a boot.ini file
> somewhere because you are getting a choice of Windows XP and Windows 2000
at
> startup and that is what a boot.ini file does (mine is a hidden file in
the
> root of C
> "Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
> news:ZMEma.88$VM2.35@fed1read07...
> > "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> another
> > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
> > which
> > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows
all[c
olor=darkred]
> > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > >
> > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and[/color]
2K,
> > but
> > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
> > backup
> > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in
it. [colo
r=darkred]
> > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > properly???????
> > >
> > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both[/color]
were/are
> > set
> > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> >
> > No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the first drive
> and
> > partition- create your own!
> >
> >
>
>
| |
|
| Hi Daniel,
You can try using the fixboot or fixmbr option from the recovery console.
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;314058
Cheers
Craig.
"Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:X3Ema.1272$8T6.183420@news20.bellglobal.com...
> agreed, however why is there no boot.ini file? I figure if I could find
that
> I would be able to modify it and hopefully get XP back without reinstallin
> it.
> "Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3E9B0B96.5040804@verizon.net...
> > Normally with dual boot, you install the earlier operating system first.
> > Then you do a clean install of the newer operating system and you
> > will have the choice to select dual boot during the install. My guess
> > is that if 2000 boots and runs now, that if you did a clean reinstall of
> > XP that you may have your problem resolved. I am not sure is you can
> > operating systems on separate drives if they dual boot nor am I sure
> > that they can both be active at the same time.
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> another
> > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
> which
> > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows
all[c
olor=darkred]
> > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > >
> > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and[/color]
2K,
> but
> > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
> backup
> > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in
it. [colo
r=darkred]
> > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > properly???????
> > >
> > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both[/color]
were/are
> set
> > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
| |
|
| Daniel:
Search the XP file data base on Microsoft's web pages for Missing or
corrupt Hal.dll. There is a fix that uses a boot from the XP CDROM into
the recovery council. From there, there is a command bootcfg/rebuild
that will rebuild the boot.ini file.
Found it.... The article is published under Q330184 - Look there and
you may be able to recover it without the clean reinstall that I
suggested previously
Ray
Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to another
> drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file which
> seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> Windows 2000 like screens.
>
> When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K, but
> crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss backup
> file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> properly???????
>
> Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are set
> to active drives. Any suggestions?
>
>
| |
| Andy Barkl 2003-04-15, 12:24 am |
| "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dILma.2494$uY.282192@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Barry,
> You are a $#@% genius!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestion it solved the
problem.
> But how did you know this?
>
> --
> Daniel Lawrence
> A+, Network+
Next time perhaps you will learn to refine your troubleshooting skills
descriptions!
| |
|
| thanks, I've come across it before a couple of times
"Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dILma.2494$uY.282192@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Barry,
> You are a $#@% genius!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestion it solved the
problem.
> But how did you know this?
>
> --
> Daniel Lawrence
> A+, Network+
> "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3e9b2e88_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> >
> > "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:3e9b2502_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > I think that the reason you have this problem is that windows 2000
setup
> > has
> > > replaced two key files which are required for windows startup with
older
> > > versions of the files. These files will be found in the root of your
c:[co
lor=darkred]
> > > drive but are hidden. To see them type attrib (after opening a command
> > > prompt) and you will see a list of files two of which are ntdetect.com
> and
> > > ntldr (note the SHR attributes) you need to replace these files with[/color]
the[c
olor=darkred]
> > > ones found on your Windows XP installation cd and also set the
> attributes
> > > back to SHR using the attrib command. You must have a boot.ini file
> > > somewhere because you are getting a choice of Windows XP and Windows
> 2000
> > at
> > > startup and that is what a boot.ini file does (mine is a hidden file[/color]
in
> > the
> > > root of C
> > > "Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ZMEma.88$VM2.35@fed1read07...
> > > > "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot
> with
> > > > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> > > another
> > > > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini
> file
> > > > which
> > > > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it
shows
> > all
> > > > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > > > >
> > > > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP
and
> > 2K,
> > > > but
> > > > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in
> c:\windows\pss[co
lor=darkred]
> > > > backup
> > > > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed[/color]
in
> > it.
> > > > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > > > properly???????
> > > > >
> > > > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both
> > were/are
> > > > set
> > > > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the first
> drive
> > > and
> > > > partition- create your own!
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
| |
| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-15, 7:24 am |
| Barry,
Once again thanks for the help it was very much appreciated.
--
Daniel Lawrence
A+, Network+
"Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3e9be93f_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> thanks, I've come across it before a couple of times
> "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:dILma.2494$uY.282192@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Barry,
> > You are a $#@% genius!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestion it solved the
> problem.
> > But how did you know this?
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Lawrence
> > A+, Network+
> > "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:3e9b2e88_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > >
> > > "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:3e9b2502_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > > I think that the reason you have this problem is that windows 2000
> setup
> > > has
> > > > replaced two key files which are required for windows startup with
> older
> > > > versions of the files. These files will be found in the root of your
> c:
> > > > drive but are hidden. To see them type attrib (after opening a
command
> > > > prompt) and you will see a list of files two of which are
ntdetect.com
> > and
> > > > ntldr (note the SHR attributes) you need to replace these files with
> the
> > > > ones found on your Windows XP installation cd and also set the
> > attributes
> > > > back to SHR using the attrib command. You must have a boot.ini file
> > > > somewhere because you are getting a choice of Windows XP and Windows
> > 2000
> > > at
> > > > startup and that is what a boot.ini file does (mine is a hidden
file
> in
> > > the
> > > > root of C
> > > > "Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:ZMEma.88$VM2.35@fed1read07...
> > > > > "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > > > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot
> > with
> > > > > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it
to[co
lor=darkred]
> > > > another
> > > > > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no[/color]
boot.ini
> > file
> > > > > which
> > > > > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it
> shows
> > > all
> > > > > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP
> and
> > > 2K,
> > > > > but
> > > > > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in
> > c:\windows\pss
> > > > > backup
> > > > > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not
listed
> in
> > > it.
> > > > > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > > > > properly???????
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both
> > > were/are
> > > > > set
> > > > > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > > No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the first
> > drive
> > > > and
> > > > > partition- create your own!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
| |
| Andy Barkl 2003-04-15, 9:24 am |
| "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9zSma.3006$uY.301593@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Andy,
> I used to think you were pretty decent but why don't you go shove your
head
> up your XXX!
>
> There was nothing wrong per sea in the description of the problem as many
> others offered fantastic suggestions to the issue, luckily Barry's was the
> easiest and quickest solution.
>
> --
> Daniel Lawrence
> A+, Network+
Another paper professional who missed the point!
| |
| Andy Barkl 2003-04-15, 9:24 am |
| "billyw" <b@brainless.net> wrote in message
news:ue#GMQyADHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> you didn't solve it for the guy, but you still feel the need to be a
> prick...
>
> well done, you've won the clown of the day award
That wasn't my point but if that's the way you want to play the game!
| |
| billyw 2003-04-15, 9:24 am |
| no u missed the point... your an arse pure and simple
"Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
news:_lUma.14$X44.8@fed1read07...
> "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9zSma.3006$uY.301593@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Andy,
> > I used to think you were pretty decent but why don't you go shove your
> head
> > up your XXX!
> >
> > There was nothing wrong per sea in the description of the problem as
many
> > others offered fantastic suggestions to the issue, luckily Barry's was
the
> > easiest and quickest solution.
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Lawrence
> > A+, Network+
>
> Another paper professional who missed the point!
>
>
| |
|
| Daniel.. i think you need to start preparing for MCSA 
as for as i know A+ and Network+ is not enuf to troubleshoot windows.
"Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:3E9B41A0.4040506@verizon.net...
> Daniel:
>
> Search the XP file data base on Microsoft's web pages for Missing or
> corrupt Hal.dll. There is a fix that uses a boot from the XP CDROM into
> the recovery council. From there, there is a command bootcfg/rebuild
> that will rebuild the boot.ini file.
>
> Found it.... The article is published under Q330184 - Look there and
> you may be able to recover it without the clean reinstall that I
> suggested previously
>
> Ray
>
> Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
another
> > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
which
> > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows all
> > Windows 2000 like screens.
> >
> > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and 2K,
but
> > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
backup
> > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in it.
> > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > properly???????
> >
> > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both were/are
set
> > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> >
> >
>
| |
|
| oh yea next time u try to dual boot win2000 on top of xp.. just make sure u
backup those ntldr and netdetect.com
"Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ASma.3019$uY.301712@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Barry,
> Once again thanks for the help it was very much appreciated.
>
> --
> Daniel Lawrence
> A+, Network+
> "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3e9be93f_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > thanks, I've come across it before a couple of times
> > "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:dILma.2494$uY.282192@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > Barry,
> > > You are a $#@% genius!!!!!! Thanks for the suggestion it solved the
> > problem.
> > > But how did you know this?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Daniel Lawrence
> > > A+, Network+
> > > "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:3e9b2e88_3@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > >
> > > > "Barry" <britboy19_2000nospam@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > > news:3e9b2502_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
> > > > > I think that the reason you have this problem is that windows 2000
> > setup
> > > > has
> > > > > replaced two key files which are required for windows startup with
> > older
> > > > > versions of the files. These files will be found in the root of
your
> > c:
> > > > > drive but are hidden. To see them type attrib (after opening a
> command
> > > > > prompt) and you will see a list of files two of which are
> ntdetect. com
> > > and
> > > > > ntldr (note the SHR attributes) you need to replace these files
with
> > the
> > > > > ones found on your Windows XP installation cd and also set the
> > > attributes
> > > > > back to SHR using the attrib command. You must have a boot.ini
file[
color=darkred]
> > > > > somewhere because you are getting a choice of Windows XP and[/color]
Windows
> > > 2000
> > > > at
> > > > > startup and that is what a boot.ini file does (mine is a hidden
> file
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > root of C
> > > > > "Andy Barkl" <abarkl@NOSPAM.wetrainit.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:ZMEma.88$VM2.35@fed1read07...
> > > > > > "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:HPCma.1246$8T6.174685@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > > > > > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual
boot[
color=darkred]
> > > with
> > > > > > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it
> to
> > > > > another
> > > > > > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no
> boot. ini
> > > file
> > > > > > which
> > > > > > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it
> > shows
> > > > all
> > > > > > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both[/color]
XP
> > and
> > > > 2K,
> > > > > > but
> > > > > > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in
> > > c:\windows\pss
> > > > > > backup
> > > > > > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not
> listed
> > in
> > > > it.
> > > > > > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > > > > > properly???????
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both
> > > > were/are
> > > > > > set
> > > > > > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > No boot.ini file is required when the OS is installed on the
first
> > > drive
> > > > > and
> > > > > > partition- create your own!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-21, 8:25 am |
| Hari,
Actually I am only one exam away from passing the MCSA and this is not
covered in the material
--
Daniel Lawrence
A+, Network+
"Hari" <tofreku@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1050931183.134184@ns2.1earth.net...
> Daniel.. i think you need to start preparing for MCSA
> as for as i know A+ and Network+ is not enuf to troubleshoot windows.
>
>
> "Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3E9B41A0.4040506@verizon.net...
> > Daniel:
> >
> > Search the XP file data base on Microsoft's web pages for Missing or
> > corrupt Hal.dll. There is a fix that uses a boot from the XP CDROM into
> > the recovery council. From there, there is a command bootcfg/rebuild
> > that will rebuild the boot.ini file.
> >
> > Found it.... The article is published under Q330184 - Look there and
> > you may be able to recover it without the clean reinstall that I
> > suggested previously
> >
> > Ray
> >
> > Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot with
> > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> another
> > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini file
> which
> > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows
all[c
olor=darkred]
> > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > >
> > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and[/color]
2K,
> but
> > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in c:\windows\pss
> backup
> > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in
it. [colo
r=darkred]
> > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > properly???????
> > >
> > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both[/color]
were/are
> set
> > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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|
| depends on wat material u refer to!
if u know how boot.ini works then u shuld know how to do these
anyway CHILL
"Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OXRoa.401$2g5.120949@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Hari,
> Actually I am only one exam away from passing the MCSA and this is not
> covered in the material
>
> --
> Daniel Lawrence
> A+, Network+
> "Hari" <tofreku@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1050931183.134184@ns2.1earth.net...
> > Daniel.. i think you need to start preparing for MCSA
> > as for as i know A+ and Network+ is not enuf to troubleshoot windows.
> >
> >
> > "Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:3E9B41A0.4040506@verizon.net...
> > > Daniel:
> > >
> > > Search the XP file data base on Microsoft's web pages for Missing or
> > > corrupt Hal.dll. There is a fix that uses a boot from the XP CDROM
into[
color=darkred]
> > > the recovery council. From there, there is a command bootcfg/rebuild
> > > that will rebuild the boot.ini file.
> > >
> > > Found it.... The article is published under Q330184 - Look there and
> > > you may be able to recover it without the clean reinstall that I
> > > suggested previously
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > > Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot[/color]
with[
color=darkred]
> > > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> > another
> > > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini[/color]
file
> > which
> > > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it shows
> all
> > > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > > >
> > > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP and
> 2K,
> > but
> > > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in
c:\windows\pss[col
or=green]
> > backup
> > > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed in
> it.
> > > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > > properly???????
> > > >
> > > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both
> were/are
> > set
> > > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>[/color]
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| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-25, 7:24 pm |
| Hari,
You may want to take your own advice and chill, remember it was you who
reopened a issue that was closed.
--
Daniel Lawrence
A+, Network+, MCP
"Hari" <tofreku@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1051317170.326180@ns2.1earth.net...
> depends on wat material u refer to!
> if u know how boot.ini works then u shuld know how to do these
> anyway CHILL
>
> "Daniel Lawrence" <delphiworks@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OXRoa.401$2g5.120949@news20.bellglobal.com...
> > Hari,
> > Actually I am only one exam away from passing the MCSA and this is not
> > covered in the material
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Lawrence
> > A+, Network+
> > "Hari" <tofreku@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1050931183.134184@ns2.1earth.net...
> > > Daniel.. i think you need to start preparing for MCSA
> > > as for as i know A+ and Network+ is not enuf to troubleshoot windows.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Ray" <ray.rayz@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > > news:3E9B41A0.4040506@verizon.net...
> > > > Daniel:
> > > >
> > > > Search the XP file data base on Microsoft's web pages for Missing or
> > > > corrupt Hal.dll. There is a fix that uses a boot from the XP CDROM
> into
> > > > the recovery council. From there, there is a command
bootcfg/ rebuild
> > > > that will rebuild the boot.ini file.
> > > >
> > > > Found it.... The article is published under Q330184 - Look there
and[c
olor=darkred]
> > > > you may be able to recover it without the clean reinstall that I
> > > > suggested previously
> > > >
> > > > Ray
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Lawrence wrote:
> > > > > I have a client who had XP Pro installed and wanted to dual boot
> with
> > > > > Windows 2000 so he booted off of the Win2K CD and installed it to
> > > another
> > > > > drive and now XP won't start. Funny thing is there is no boot.ini
> file
> > > which
> > > > > seems to me to be the problem as when it does start into XP it[/color]
shows
> > all
> > > > > Windows 2000 like screens.
> > > > >
> > > > > When the system starts the bootloader comes on and shows both XP
and
> > 2K,
> > > but
> > > > > crashes when XP is selected. I find a boot.ini file in
> c:\windows\pss[co
lor=darkred]
> > > backup
> > > > > file which I gather was generated under XP as Win2K is not listed[/color]
in
> > it.
> > > > > Where is the boot.ini file then, since Windows 2000 is running
> > > > > properly???????
> > > > >
> > > > > Drive C (XP) is formatted NTFS as is D (Windows 2000) and both
> > were/are
> > > set
> > > > > to active drives. Any suggestions?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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