2000 took over XP Pro

[blaray]

I recently installed Windows 2000 on a 20 gb partition, I have xp pro
on 20g & server 2003 on 20 gb. with 3 20 gb left
On another drive i have 60gb woith nothing
Why caNT i START XP OR SERVER ONLY 2000.
i CHEWCKED BOOT.INI IN C DRIVE[XP PRO DRIVE]
I could not find boot.ini in 2000 I even did a search and it led to c
drive. Is this right?
I did this before and just had to edit the boot.inbi file to get all
operating systems bgooting on selectionb.
What did I do wrong?
Yes it is strange but it is for a school project.
Bruce

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Cannot Start Windows XP After You Install Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;283433

How do I install Windows 2000 after I've installed Windows X­P?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_2k.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I recently installed Windows 2000 on a 20 gb partition, I have xp pro
| on 20g & server 2003 on 20 gb. with 3 20 gb left
| On another drive i have 60gb woith nothing
| Why caNT i START XP OR SERVER ONLY 2000.
| i CHEWCKED BOOT.INI IN C DRIVE[XP PRO DRIVE]
| I could not find boot.ini in 2000 I even did a search and it led to c
| drive. Is this right?
| I did this before and just had to edit the boot.inbi file to get all
| operating systems bgooting on selectionb.
| What did I do wrong?
| Yes it is strange but it is for a school project.
| Bruce

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You overwrote ntldr and ntdetect.com with the older version in Win, which do
not recognize WinXP or Server 2003. Overwrite them with the ones on the
Server 2003 disk.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[blaray]

What about boot.ini or anything else?
Thje only hidden file in the root is pagefile.sys
It should be the same to copy the files from XP & paste into 2000 root,
or is it different from off the CD?
Thanks so far for excellent feedback

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You want the ones from Server 2K3, whether or not pagefile.sys is hidden
doesn't matter. Boot.ini is treated the same by all three versions.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[blaray]

I tried all of the above with bnoth XP & 2003 server and still cannot
boot anything except 2000.
If I format 2000 out of there I probably still can't boot into XP.
Right?
Any more ideas?
Bruce

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Right, if you format you will only make matters worse. Are you positive you
are copying the files to the root of the active partition?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[blaray]

Hi,

Right, if you format you will only make matters worse. Are you positive you
are copying the files to the root of the active partition?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

It pays to pay attention,l of course it works when you do it right.
Maybe put instructions in Bold & Underlined it might help.
I was putting nldr & ntdetect in the root of 2000. HMMM wonder why it
did not work???Thanks for your help & patience

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Cool, I take it you got it right this time. <g>

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org