I have a system with two Win2000 loads.
One is English, the other is Japanese.
Each is on it's own hard drive, and both hard drives are on
the same IDE controller.

I had to re-install the English version last week.
After I did, even though I have the option to select the
Japanese version through the boot.ini, it will not boot.
The English version, when selected, boots with no problem.

Here is the boot.ini:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro English"
/fastdetect
signature(5331b63d)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro
Japanese" /fastdetect

I am aware that the "signature..." part of the second selection is the
signature
of the second hard drive, and when I checked, it is correct.

When I select the Japanese OS to boot, this is what I get:

"Windows 2000 could not start because of a computer disk hardware
configuration
problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and
disk
hardware. Please check the windows 2000 (tm) documentation about hardware
disk configuration and our hardware reference manuals for additional
information."

After booting the English version, I can look at the second hard drive, and
the files required to boot that drive look fine. I did nothing, that I am
aware of, that would make any changes to the OS when reinstalling the
English version.

TIA

-john

I've never tried the following, but it may be worth a shot.

If you go to Control Panel | System, the Advanced tab has a "Startup and
Recovery" button.
This allows you to select the default OS.

First, see whether the drop down list includes all the installed OS.
If so, then choose 1 to be the default.
Close the System panel.
I would expect this should correct the boot.ini, at least for that OS.

Then go back and select each other OS, in turn, as the default.
Hopefully, the resultant boot.ini will now contain correct entries for each
OS.
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"John Shoemaker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a system with two Win2000 loads.
> One is English, the other is Japanese.
> Each is on it's own hard drive, and both hard drives are on
> the same IDE controller.
>
> I had to re-install the English version last week.
> After I did, even though I have the option to select the
> Japanese version through the boot.ini, it will not boot.
> The English version, when selected, boots with no problem.
>
> Here is the boot.ini:
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro English"
> /fastdetect
> signature(5331b63d)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro
> Japanese" /fastdetect
>
> I am aware that the "signature..." part of the second selection is the
> signature
> of the second hard drive, and when I checked, it is correct.
>
> When I select the Japanese OS to boot, this is what I get:
>
> "Windows 2000 could not start because of a computer disk hardware
> configuration
> problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and
> disk
> hardware. Please check the windows 2000 (tm) documentation about hardware
> disk configuration and our hardware reference manuals for additional
> information."
>
> After booting the English version, I can look at the second hard drive,
and
> the files required to boot that drive look fine. I did nothing, that I am
> aware of, that would make any changes to the OS when reinstalling the
> English version.
>
> TIA
>
> -john

John

The signature() syntax in boot.ini requires a file on C:\ named
ntbootdd.sys in order to boot. If you reformatted C:, this file was removed
with it, explaining why your second install will not boot.

You could try using the file "c:\winnt\system32\drivers\atapi.sys" as
ntbootdd.sys. Copy atapi.sys to C:\ and rename it to ntbootdd.sys and see
if you can boot your second installation.

If not, perform an upgrade installation of your second installation.

Best regards

Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking

John Shoemaker <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a system with two Win2000 loads.
>One is English, the other is Japanese.
>Each is on it's own hard drive, and both hard drives are on
>the same IDE controller.
>
>I had to re-install the English version last week.
>After I did, even though I have the option to select the
>Japanese version through the boot.ini, it will not boot.
>The English version, when selected, boots with no problem.
>
>Here is the boot.ini:
>
>[boot loader]
>timeout=30
>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>[operating systems]
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro English"
>/fastdetect
>signature(5331b63d)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Pro
>Japanese" /fastdetect
>
>I am aware that the "signature..." part of the second selection is the
>signature
>of the second hard drive, and when I checked, it is correct.
>
>When I select the Japanese OS to boot, this is what I get:
>
>"Windows 2000 could not start because of a computer disk hardware
>configuration
>problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and
>disk
>hardware. Please check the windows 2000 (tm) documentation about hardware
>disk configuration and our hardware reference manuals for additional
>information."
>
>After booting the English version, I can look at the second hard drive, and
>the files required to boot that drive look fine. I did nothing, that I am
>aware of, that would make any changes to the OS when reinstalling the
>English version.
>
>TIA
>
>-john