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: "Ron Sommer" corrected:
: >
: > "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
: > : "Ron Sommer" added:
: > : >
: > : > "Pegasus (MVP)" replied:
: > : > :
: > : > : "bing" asked:
: > : > : > Hi! I am planning to install windows server 2003 in my
: > : > : > window xp machine.
: > : > : > I have 3 partition; what i know is my window 2000
: > : > : > proferssional is on my drive c; and window xp prof
: > : > : >on my drive d; this is by boot loader.
: > : > : > [boot loader]
: > : > : > timeout=3
: > : > : > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
: > : > : > [operating systems]
: > : > : > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=
: > : > : > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
: > : > : > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT=
: > : > : > "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"
: > : > : >
: > : > : > Can I format my drive c; and install window server 2003
: > : > : > in it? will my window xp will not be affected?. Is it posible
: > : > : > to have dual booting with xp prof and window server 2003?
: > : > :
: > : > : This should be OK. Just save the following files on drive D:,
: > : > : in case you need them:
: > : > : c:\boot.ini
: > : > : c:\ntldr
: > : > : c:\ntdetect.com
: > : > :
: > : > :
: > : > After installing windows server 2003, XP will not boot until
: > : > you add multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS=
: > : > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" to the C:\boot.ini file.
: > : >
: > : > You don't have any switches on either system entry?
: > :
: > :
: > : Currently, partition 2 is marked "active", and that is why
: > : booting is controlled by the boot.ini file in partition 2.
: > : Presumably, Windows Server 2003 will be installed in partition 1
: > : and that partition will be marked "active" and the installer will see
: > : WinXP and thus include it for dual-booting in the boot.ini file of
: > : partition 1. Why won't the boot.ini file in partition 1 be accessed
: > : and why won't that boot.ini file have the entry for WinXP that is
: > : in partition 2?
: > :
: > : *TimDaniels*
: >
: > bing didn't say the boot.ini file was on partition 2.
: > Bing's information seems to indicate that he installed XP after
: > 2000 and had a dual boot. Partition 1 would be active.
: > Bing was going to format partition 1, then install Server 2003.
: > --
: > Ronald Sommer
:
:
: Then you imply that the partition of the last OS that is installed
: will not get the dual-boot form of the boot.ini file, but that the
: boot.ini file of the partition that is currently marked "active" will
: have its boot.ini file ammended with the extra entry to make it
: specify a dual-boot, and that its partition will remain as the "active"
: partition. Thus, when the WinXP was added in partition 2 to the
: existing Win2K in partition 1, the boot.ini file in partition 1 was
: changed to the dual-boot form and partition 1 remained "active",
: and what 'Bing' lists in his posting is taken from his partition 1
: which is his "active" partition. Is that what you're saying?
:
: *TimDaniels*
That is almost what I am saying.
If the installed OS has a boot.ini on partition 1, then yes, the boot.ini
will be altered to create a dual boot.
If the installed OS had been Win 98, there would not have been a boot.ini to
alter.
XP puts boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com on the active partition.
The ntdetect from XP replaces the Win2000 ntdetect.
Bing's boot.ini is from partition 1.