file SYSTEM from W2000 is missing afte installing XP

[Herbert Meister]

Hi,

after installing Windows XP on my C partition my Windows 2000 can't find
it's SYSTEM file (registry file: winnt\system32\config\system). Before I
installed XP everything was fine. So I guess the file is ok and I also
can see it in the directory. The filesize is less than 7 MB.

It looks like Windows 2000 can't find the right path. But in DOS I can
see the file too a the right windows path.

I checked if replacing the file with older versions would do any
difference but there is still the same message.


Thanks for any help.

 

[John John]

What does it say in the boot.ini file? Did you install Windows XP in
the same partition as Windows 2000?

John

 

[Herbert Meister]

What does it say in the boot.ini file? Did you install Windows XP in
the same partition as Windows 2000?

It was on other partitions.

I saw when booting in safe mode that some other files had been loaded
and it stopped at the SYSTEM file. So I took an older system file from
an old backup. After installing some drivers it looked ok, but it was a
dirty fix because I am not sure if something is still missing or not.

So, it's ok now. Thanks.

 

[John John]

It was on other partitions.

I saw when booting in safe mode that some other files had been loaded
and it stopped at the SYSTEM file. So I took an older system file from
an old backup. After installing some drivers it looked ok, but it was a
dirty fix because I am not sure if something is still missing or not.

So, it's ok now. Thanks.

You're welcome.

John