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hi all-
after my old machine's mobo gave up i bought a new XP Media machine
i added the old drive to the new machine and, through bootcfg, successfully
edited the boot.ini to give me access to both drives.
[old XP2 drive is partitioned in to 5 partitions, including - C: (active
part) Win2000sp5; D: swap(ext. part.); E: apps(ext. part.); F: XPsp1(ext.
part.); G: XPsp2(ext. part.) ]
On the boot screen i can successfully start Win2000, but neither of the XP
partitions will boot (even in safe mode)
For both 'old' XP installations i get a blue screen (which i see for only a
second and cannot read) but includes "if this is the first time you've seen
this screen..."
Other info: The 'old' drive is solid newish Seagate 200 ATA tested for
errors through CHKDSK and NORTON DD
I understand that i need to update many system files and device drivers for
these OSes to work on the new box, but the thing that confuses me is that
Win2000 seems fine, whereas the XP OSes are goofed up.
Have not tried fixmbr or fixboot yet
thanks
after my old machine's mobo gave up i bought a new XP Media machine
i added the old drive to the new machine and, through bootcfg, successfully
edited the boot.ini to give me access to both drives.
[old XP2 drive is partitioned in to 5 partitions, including - C: (active
part) Win2000sp5; D: swap(ext. part.); E: apps(ext. part.); F: XPsp1(ext.
part.); G: XPsp2(ext. part.) ]
On the boot screen i can successfully start Win2000, but neither of the XP
partitions will boot (even in safe mode)
For both 'old' XP installations i get a blue screen (which i see for only a
second and cannot read) but includes "if this is the first time you've seen
this screen..."
Other info: The 'old' drive is solid newish Seagate 200 ATA tested for
errors through CHKDSK and NORTON DD
I understand that i need to update many system files and device drivers for
these OSes to work on the new box, but the thing that confuses me is that
Win2000 seems fine, whereas the XP OSes are goofed up.
Have not tried fixmbr or fixboot yet
thanks