august 15 auto update problem

[Neil]

Hi:

I am running XP on an XP DeskStation P4 which auto updated tonight. When
turned on the xp login password was initially not recognized with several
restarts required. On first succesful restart it appears that the system is
running on an old IBM preload NTFS partition and not on the old second
preload partition. Restore point to last pre-auto update did nothing. How do
I restore to the second partition?

Neil

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi:

I am running XP on an XP DeskStation P4 which auto updated tonight. When
turned on the xp login password was initially not recognized with several
restarts required. On first succesful restart it appears that the system
is
running on an old IBM preload NTFS partition and not on the old second
preload partition. Restore point to last pre-auto update did nothing. How
do
I restore to the second partition?

Neil

From your description it appears that you have several partitions
on your disk and you are now running off the wrong partition.
The Windows "System Restore" facility would have no effect on
this issue: It restores the current Windows installation to a previous
point but it won't affect other Windows installations (nor should it!).

A good starting point would be to post your current partition layout:
- What partitions do you have?
- Which ones are primary, which ones are logical?
- Which one is active?
- Where is the preferred version of Windows installed.

This is usually done with a partition manager, e.g. Acronis DiskDirector.
Alternatively you could temporarily connect the disk as a slave disk
to some other WinXP/2000 PC and run diskmgmt.msc.

You should also report the contents of the hidden file c:\boot.ini.