I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic because my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I did it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini partition and that I should look at the Disk Management Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked me to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above file." What is the procedure to contnue with the conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.

Leo

Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect Startup Environment", see
this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359

Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you enlarging your C partition,
though. You might need to consider a backup and restore for this.

Best regards

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

"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic because my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I did it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini partition and that I should look at the Disk Management Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked me to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above file." What is the procedure to contnue with the conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.

I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not find
a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned before, I
do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using the
recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I can "see"
all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the FIXBOOT
command of the repair console?

>-----Original Message-----
>Leo
>
>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect Startup
Environment", see
>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>
>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you enlarging
your C partition,
>though. You might need to consider a backup and restore
for this.
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>
>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic because
my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was
unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I did
it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini
partition and that I should look at the Disk Management
Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I
did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked me
to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following file
is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>
>.
>

Leo

FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that will not help in this
situation.

Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:

Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation and copy the files
boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.

You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to point at your boot
partition. On a default setup it would look like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

Is C: the first partition on your disk?

When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot your computer and load
Win2000 from your hard disk.

Best regards

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

"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not find
>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned before, I
>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using the
>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I can "see"
>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the FIXBOOT
>command of the repair console?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Leo
>>
>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect Startup
>Environment", see
>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>
>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you enlarging
>your C partition,
>>though. You might need to consider a backup and restore
>for this.
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Bjorn
>>--
>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>
>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>>
>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic because
>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was
>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I did
>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini
>partition and that I should look at the Disk Management
>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I
>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked me
>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following file
>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>
>>.
>>

Bjorn,

It gives me exactly the same message as the original
message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
first "real" partition on the disk. There is unallocated
space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free space
the first partition and C: the second under dynamic disk?

Leo
>-----Original Message-----
>Leo
>
>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that will
not help in this
>situation.
>
>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>
>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation and
copy the files
>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>
>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to point
at your boot
>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>
>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>
>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot your
computer and load
>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>
>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not
find
>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned before,
I
>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using the
>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
can "see"
>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
FIXBOOT
>>command of the repair console?
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Leo
>>>
>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect Startup
>>Environment", see
>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>
>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
enlarging
>>your C partition,
>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and restore
>>for this.
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>
>>>Bjorn
>>>--
>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
http://landemoo.com/
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>
>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
because
>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was
>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I
did
>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini
>>partition and that I should look at the Disk Management
>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I
>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked
me
>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following
file
>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

Leo

No, the free space is not counted as a partition. You can create a boot.ini
with up to ten different boot selection, like this:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="0001"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="0002"
etc

and try different ARC paths.

I have never seen the message to edit boot.ini when upgrading a disk to
dynamic, this should normally not occur.

Why was there free space in front of C:? Did you delete any partition?

Best regards

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

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bjorn,
>
>It gives me exactly the same message as the original
>message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
>first "real" partition on the disk. There is unallocated
>space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free space
>the first partition and C: the second under dynamic disk?
>
>Leo
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Leo
>>
>>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that will
>not help in this
>>situation.
>>
>>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>>
>>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation and
>copy the files
>>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>>
>>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to point
>at your boot
>>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>>
>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>>
>>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>>
>>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot your
>computer and load
>>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Bjorn
>>--
>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>
>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>>
>>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not
>find
>>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned before,
>I
>>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using the
>>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
>can "see"
>>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
>FIXBOOT
>>>command of the repair console?
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Leo
>>>>
>>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect Startup
>>>Environment", see
>>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>>
>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>>
>>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
>enlarging
>>>your C partition,
>>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and restore
>>>for this.
>>>>
>>>>Best regards
>>>>
>>>>Bjorn
>>>>--
>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>
>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
>because
>>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There was
>>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I
>did
>>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the boot.ini
>>>partition and that I should look at the Disk Management
>>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which I
>>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked
>me
>>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following
>file
>>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
>>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>

Bjorn,

Actually it probably counts it as a partition, because
when I tried booting with partition(1) which was what my
original boot.ini had, I got the same message. When I
edited by boot.ni and set the partition number to 2 then
it booted fine. I then immediately edited the boot.ini on
the c: partition to boot from partition(2) and rebooted.
It's now running fine. I still want to extend my c:
partition though. I know there is an knowledge article on
doing that for basic disks but not dynamic. Is there a
knowledge article for doing the backup/restore procedure
for the whole disk ?

Thanks for all your help!!!

Leo
>-----Original Message-----
>Leo
>
>No, the free space is not counted as a partition. You can
create a boot.ini
>with up to ten different boot selection, like this:
>
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="0001"
>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="0002"
>etc
>
>and try different ARC paths.
>
>I have never seen the message to edit boot.ini when
upgrading a disk to
>dynamic, this should normally not occur.
>
>Why was there free space in front of C:? Did you delete
any partition?
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Bjorn,
>>
>>It gives me exactly the same message as the original
>>message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
>>first "real" partition on the disk. There is unallocated
>>space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free
space
>>the first partition and C: the second under dynamic disk?
>>
>>Leo
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Leo
>>>
>>>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that
will
>>not help in this
>>>situation.
>>>
>>>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>>>
>>>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation
and
>>copy the files
>>>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>>>
>>>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to
point
>>at your boot
>>>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>>>
>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>>>
>>>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>>>
>>>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot
your
>>computer and load
>>>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>
>>>Bjorn
>>>--
>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
http://landemoo.com/
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>
>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not
>>find
>>>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned
before,
>>I
>>>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using
the
>>>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
>>can "see"
>>>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
>>FIXBOOT
>>>>command of the repair console?
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Leo
>>>>>
>>>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect
Startup
>>>>Environment", see
>>>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>>>
>>>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
>>enlarging
>>>>your C partition,
>>>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and
restore
>>>>for this.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>--
>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>
>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
>>because
>>>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There
was
>>>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I
>>did
>>>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the
boot.ini
>>>>partition and that I should look at the Disk
Management
>>>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which
I
>>>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked
>>me
>>>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following
>>file
>>>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
>>>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

Leo

That's funny. Does Disk Management show your C: volume as (System) in the
status column?

See if this MS Knowledge Base article can help you with a back up and
restore operation:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694

Best regards

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

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Bjorn,
>
>Actually it probably counts it as a partition, because
>when I tried booting with partition(1) which was what my
>original boot.ini had, I got the same message. When I
>edited by boot.ni and set the partition number to 2 then
>it booted fine. I then immediately edited the boot.ini on
>the c: partition to boot from partition(2) and rebooted.
>It's now running fine. I still want to extend my c:
>partition though. I know there is an knowledge article on
>doing that for basic disks but not dynamic. Is there a
>knowledge article for doing the backup/restore procedure
>for the whole disk ?
>
>Thanks for all your help!!!
>
>Leo
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Leo
>>
>>No, the free space is not counted as a partition. You can
>create a boot.ini
>>with up to ten different boot selection, like this:
>>
>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="0001"
>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="0002"
>>etc
>>
>>and try different ARC paths.
>>
>>I have never seen the message to edit boot.ini when
>upgrading a disk to
>>dynamic, this should normally not occur.
>>
>>Why was there free space in front of C:? Did you delete
>any partition?
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Bjorn
>>--
>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Bjorn,
>>>
>>>It gives me exactly the same message as the original
>>>message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
>>>first "real" partition on the disk. There is unallocated
>>>space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free
>space
>>>the first partition and C: the second under dynamic disk?
>>>
>>>Leo
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Leo
>>>>
>>>>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that
>will
>>>not help in this
>>>>situation.
>>>>
>>>>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>>>>
>>>>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation
>and
>>>copy the files
>>>>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>>>>
>>>>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to
>point
>>>at your boot
>>>>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>>>>
>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>>>>
>>>>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>>>>
>>>>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot
>your
>>>computer and load
>>>>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>>>>
>>>>Best regards
>>>>
>>>>Bjorn
>>>>--
>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>
>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could not
>>>find
>>>>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned
>before,
>>>I
>>>>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using
>the
>>>>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
>>>can "see"
>>>>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
>>>FIXBOOT
>>>>>command of the repair console?
>>>>>
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>Leo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect
>Startup
>>>>>Environment", see
>>>>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
>>>enlarging
>>>>>your C partition,
>>>>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and
>restore
>>>>>for this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
>>>because
>>>>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There
>was
>>>>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When I
>>>did
>>>>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the
>boot.ini
>>>>>partition and that I should look at the Disk
>Management
>>>>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot, which
>I
>>>>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then asked
>>>me
>>>>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>>>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the following
>>>file
>>>>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>>>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>>>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>>>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into the
>>>>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>

Yes it does. I did try to extend it, but Disk Management
does not let me because it was originally created as part
of a basic disk rather than dynamic disk.

Thanks for the knowledge article reference. Do you know if
any of the third party tools (Partition Magic, Norton's,
etc) handle the extending?

Leo
>-----Original Message-----
>Leo
>
>That's funny. Does Disk Management show your C: volume as
(System) in the
>status column?
>
>See if this MS Knowledge Base article can help you with a
back up and
>restore operation:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694
>
>Best regards
>
>Bjorn
>--
>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Bjorn,
>>
>>Actually it probably counts it as a partition, because
>>when I tried booting with partition(1) which was what my
>>original boot.ini had, I got the same message. When I
>>edited by boot.ni and set the partition number to 2 then
>>it booted fine. I then immediately edited the boot.ini
on
>>the c: partition to boot from partition(2) and rebooted.
>>It's now running fine. I still want to extend my c:
>>partition though. I know there is an knowledge article
on
>>doing that for basic disks but not dynamic. Is there a
>>knowledge article for doing the backup/restore procedure
>>for the whole disk ?
>>
>>Thanks for all your help!!!
>>
>>Leo
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Leo
>>>
>>>No, the free space is not counted as a partition. You
can
>>create a boot.ini
>>>with up to ten different boot selection, like this:
>>>
>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="0001"
>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="0002"
>>>etc
>>>
>>>and try different ARC paths.
>>>
>>>I have never seen the message to edit boot.ini when
>>upgrading a disk to
>>>dynamic, this should normally not occur.
>>>
>>>Why was there free space in front of C:? Did you delete
>>any partition?
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>
>>>Bjorn
>>>--
>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
http://landemoo.com/
>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>
>>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Bjorn,
>>>>
>>>>It gives me exactly the same message as the original
>>>>message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
>>>>first "real" partition on the disk. There is
unallocated
>>>>space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free
>>space
>>>>the first partition and C: the second under dynamic
disk?
>>>>
>>>>Leo
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Leo
>>>>>
>>>>>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that
>>will
>>>>not help in this
>>>>>situation.
>>>>>
>>>>>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>>>>>
>>>>>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation
>>and
>>>>copy the files
>>>>>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>>>>>
>>>>>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to
>>point
>>>>at your boot
>>>>>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>>>>>
>>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>>>>>
>>>>>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>>>>>
>>>>>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot
>>your
>>>>computer and load
>>>>>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>--
>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>
>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could
not
>>>>find
>>>>>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned
>>before,
>>>>I
>>>>>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using
>>the
>>>>>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
>>>>can "see"
>>>>>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
>>>>FIXBOOT
>>>>>>command of the repair console?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>Leo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect
>>Startup
>>>>>>Environment", see
>>>>>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
>>>>enlarging
>>>>>>your C partition,
>>>>>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and
>>restore
>>>>>>for this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis"
<(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
>>>>because
>>>>>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There
>>was
>>>>>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When
I
>>>>did
>>>>>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the
>>boot.ini
>>>>>>partition and that I should look at the Disk
>>Management
>>>>>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot,
which
>>I
>>>>>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then
asked
>>>>me
>>>>>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>>>>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the
following
>>>>file
>>>>>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>>>>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>>>>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>>>>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into
the
>>>>>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

Leo

I am not aware of any third party tools that handles dynamic disks,
unfortunately.

Best regards

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

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Yes it does. I did try to extend it, but Disk Management
>does not let me because it was originally created as part
>of a basic disk rather than dynamic disk.
>
>Thanks for the knowledge article reference. Do you know if
>any of the third party tools (Partition Magic, Norton's,
>etc) handle the extending?
>
>Leo
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Leo
>>
>>That's funny. Does Disk Management show your C: volume as
>(System) in the
>>status column?
>>
>>See if this MS Knowledge Base article can help you with a
>back up and
>>restore operation:
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249694
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Bjorn
>>--
>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) - http://landemoo.com/
>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Bjorn,
>>>
>>>Actually it probably counts it as a partition, because
>>>when I tried booting with partition(1) which was what my
>>>original boot.ini had, I got the same message. When I
>>>edited by boot.ni and set the partition number to 2 then
>>>it booted fine. I then immediately edited the boot.ini
>on
>>>the c: partition to boot from partition(2) and rebooted.
>>>It's now running fine. I still want to extend my c:
>>>partition though. I know there is an knowledge article
>on
>>>doing that for basic disks but not dynamic. Is there a
>>>knowledge article for doing the backup/restore procedure
>>>for the whole disk ?
>>>
>>>Thanks for all your help!!!
>>>
>>>Leo
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Leo
>>>>
>>>>No, the free space is not counted as a partition. You
>can
>>>create a boot.ini
>>>>with up to ten different boot selection, like this:
>>>>
>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="0001"
>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="0002"
>>>>etc
>>>>
>>>>and try different ARC paths.
>>>>
>>>>I have never seen the message to edit boot.ini when
>>>upgrading a disk to
>>>>dynamic, this should normally not occur.
>>>>
>>>>Why was there free space in front of C:? Did you delete
>>>any partition?
>>>>
>>>>Best regards
>>>>
>>>>Bjorn
>>>>--
>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>
>>>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Bjorn,
>>>>>
>>>>>It gives me exactly the same message as the original
>>>>>message that ntoskrnl.exe is missing. C: is the
>>>>>first "real" partition on the disk. There is
>unallocated
>>>>>space before it. Does that make the unallocated/free
>>>space
>>>>>the first partition and C: the second under dynamic
>disk?
>>>>>
>>>>>Leo
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>Leo
>>>>>>
>>>>>>FIXBOOT will only rewrite the boot sector, and that
>>>will
>>>>>not help in this
>>>>>>situation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Currently, my only idea is to use a boot diskette:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Format a diskette from a running Win2000 installation
>>>and
>>>>>copy the files
>>>>>>boot.ini, ntdetect.com and ntldr to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You might need to edit the ARC path in boot.ini to
>>>point
>>>>>at your boot
>>>>>>partition. On a default setup it would look like this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is C: the first partition on your disk?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When the ARC path is correct, this floppy will boot
>>>your
>>>>>computer and load
>>>>>>Win2000 from your hard disk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I did as you suggested, but it said that it could
>not
>>>>>find
>>>>>>>a WIN200 installation to repair. As I mentioned
>>>before,
>>>>>I
>>>>>>>do not have the repair disk. If I do recovery using
>>>the
>>>>>>>recovery console, I can select my c: drive and I
>>>>>can "see"
>>>>>>>all of the other partitions. Do I need to use the
>>>>>FIXBOOT
>>>>>>>command of the repair console?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>Leo
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Perform a manual repair, and select to "Inspect
>>>Startup
>>>>>>>Environment", see
>>>>>>>>this MS Knowledge Base article:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238359
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Upgrading the disk to dynamic will not help you
>>>>>enlarging
>>>>>>>your C partition,
>>>>>>>>though. You might need to consider a backup and
>>>restore
>>>>>>>for this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Best regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bjorn
>>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>>Bjorn Landemoo - (E-Mail Removed) -
>>>>>http://landemoo.com/
>>>>>>>>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"Leo Lemonidis"
><(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I tried to convert my disk from basic to dynamic
>>>>>because
>>>>>>>my C: partition was running out of disk space. There
>>>was
>>>>>>>unallocated disk space before the C: partition. When
>I
>>>>>did
>>>>>>>it, it warned me that I would have to edit the
>>>boot.ini
>>>>>>>partition and that I should look at the Disk
>>>Management
>>>>>>>Console before I did it. It asked me to reboot,
>which
>>>I
>>>>>>>did. It rebooted fine, it did something and then
>asked
>>>>>me
>>>>>>>to reboot again. I blindly said yes and now it
>>>>>>>says "Windows 2000 cannot start because the
>following
>>>>>file
>>>>>>>is missing or corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32
>>>>>>>\ntoskrnl.exe. Please re-install a copy of the above
>>>>>>>file." What is the procedure to contnue with the
>>>>>>>conversion? I have my original CD and can go into
>the
>>>>>>>recovery console. I don't have a recovery diskette.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>
>>.
>>