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swimmydeepo
I am just experimenting with Bootit NG and managed to install a few
partitions including 2 XPs on NTFS, 1 XP on FAT32, and Win98 on FAT32
plus 2 extra partitions for Backups and Images.
Things seemed to going very smooth as I was able to switch from one OS
to the other without any problem. Each booted OS showed on C: drive
with only the data partition visible (Backups and Images).
I shut down the system for a break and then a few minutes later, after
switching the system back on, I was presented with the message: DISK
BOOT FAILURE....INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.
I decided to press enter while the Bootit NG floppy was still inside
the drive and I was able to enter the Bootit NG environment...from
there I wasn't able to view my partitions, then,after clicking that
Reboot icon in Bootit NG, things returned as they were before I'd
switched off the computer.
So things are returned fine after all. Except that I have to remember
to use that NG floppy anytime I turn ON the computer (simple Restarts
or reboots are just fine).
Now it looks to me that something is happening when I switch off the
PC; perhaps the MBR is wrongly deleted or corrupted or else the BIOS
skips the HD on switching ON as it tries to access the CD Drive and
then the Floppy for booting information.
To be fair, I've taken a couple of disgressive steps while messing
about with NG. For example I didn't realized that NG doesn't format
NTFS partitions (it only prepares them...that's why it was so fast!)
and that once decided to opt for more than 4 primaries I should have
done without other partitioning programs...instead I used Acronis Suite
to create the 2 data volumes inside an Extended partition.
Can anyone solve this mistery?
Alex
partitions including 2 XPs on NTFS, 1 XP on FAT32, and Win98 on FAT32
plus 2 extra partitions for Backups and Images.
Things seemed to going very smooth as I was able to switch from one OS
to the other without any problem. Each booted OS showed on C: drive
with only the data partition visible (Backups and Images).
I shut down the system for a break and then a few minutes later, after
switching the system back on, I was presented with the message: DISK
BOOT FAILURE....INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.
I decided to press enter while the Bootit NG floppy was still inside
the drive and I was able to enter the Bootit NG environment...from
there I wasn't able to view my partitions, then,after clicking that
Reboot icon in Bootit NG, things returned as they were before I'd
switched off the computer.
So things are returned fine after all. Except that I have to remember
to use that NG floppy anytime I turn ON the computer (simple Restarts
or reboots are just fine).
Now it looks to me that something is happening when I switch off the
PC; perhaps the MBR is wrongly deleted or corrupted or else the BIOS
skips the HD on switching ON as it tries to access the CD Drive and
then the Floppy for booting information.
To be fair, I've taken a couple of disgressive steps while messing
about with NG. For example I didn't realized that NG doesn't format
NTFS partitions (it only prepares them...that's why it was so fast!)
and that once decided to opt for more than 4 primaries I should have
done without other partitioning programs...instead I used Acronis Suite
to create the 2 data volumes inside an Extended partition.
Can anyone solve this mistery?
Alex