BOOT.INI repair

[Martin]

Hello all.

I have two installations of XP on this pc and recently reinstalled one of
them.
I then (i thought!) edited my BOOT.INI file to remove the entry for the
deleted XP.
However what i did was to delete the wrong BOOT.INI entry.

My BOOT.INI file looks like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=4
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Win XP Pro" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Win XP to fix" /fastdetect

As you can see - i have two entries for the reinstalled new XP but no entry
for the other older XP install.

My hard drives are setup:

Primary IDE channel.

Device 0:
160GB partitioned as 10GB C: drive, and the rest (~139GB) as E: drive.

Device 1:
40GB drive, no partitions designated my D: drive.

I have XP installed on both C: and E: drives.
The BOOT.INI above entry refers to the XP installed on drive C:
Can anyone suggest the correct enrtry/syntax to add the XP installed on my
E: drive to BOOT.INI??

Would this be OK?

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Win XP (E drive)" /fastdetect

(I could just try it but don't want to mess my pc about!)

Thanks for any help.

Martin.

 

[BMC]

[...]

My hard drives are setup:

Primary IDE channel.

Device 0:
160GB partitioned as 10GB C: drive, and the rest (~139GB) as E: drive.

Device 1:
40GB drive, no partitions designated my D: drive.

I have XP installed on both C: and E: drives.
The BOOT.INI above entry refers to the XP installed on drive C:
Can anyone suggest the correct enrtry/syntax to add the XP installed on my
E: drive to BOOT.INI??

Would this be OK?

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Win XP (E drive)" /fastdetect

(I could just try it but don't want to mess my pc about!)

Yes, that's right.

 

[Martin]

[...]

My hard drives are setup:

Primary IDE channel.

Device 0:
160GB partitioned as 10GB C: drive, and the rest (~139GB) as E: drive.

Device 1:
40GB drive, no partitions designated my D: drive.

I have XP installed on both C: and E: drives.
The BOOT.INI above entry refers to the XP installed on drive C:
Can anyone suggest the correct enrtry/syntax to add the XP installed on my
E: drive to BOOT.INI??

Would this be OK?

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Win XP (E drive)" /fastdetect

(I could just try it but don't want to mess my pc about!)

Yes, that's right.

Brilliant - both XP installations working again.

Cheers.

Martin.

 

[Alex Nichol]

[boot loader]
timeout=4
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Win XP Pro" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Win XP to fix" /fastdetect

As you can see - i have two entries for the reinstalled new XP but no entry
for the other older XP install.

My hard drives are setup:

Primary IDE channel.

Device 0:
160GB partitioned as 10GB C: drive, and the rest (~139GB) as E: drive.

Device 1:
40GB drive, no partitions designated my D: drive.

I have XP installed on both C: and E: drives.
The BOOT.INI above entry refers to the XP installed on drive C:
Can anyone suggest the correct enrtry/syntax to add the XP installed on my
E: drive to BOOT.INI??

Change partition(1) to partition(2) in one of the two under [Operating
Systems]; it is *possible* but unlikely that you might need to try 3 or
4 - it refers to the 'slot' in the partition table used for the
partition. Then copy the revised line, without the /fastdetect, into
the [boot loader] section

BTW strictly speaking your second drive *is* partitioned, into a single
partition, called D: - an unpartitioned drive has nothing on it at all