can't boot into previous OS

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adrian

Hi,
My original hard drive contain 3 partitions:
c: is win2000
d: is winXP
e: is winxp
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then I deleted e: and installed the win2000 advance
server on e:, after that there's no problem to boot into
win2000 advance server, but not the winxp (ie. d drive)

I got the following error message:

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file
is
missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd startup options for
windows 2000.

This is a windows XP, I don't understand why it says
windows 2000

Can anyone help, thx.
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Hi,
I just tried the bootcft /rebuild, but what happen was
number of options in the OS selection page increased from
3 to 6, and when I choose the winxp, I got the same error
message, what should I do next?
Someone said the new OS overwrote the bootloader, is
this happens whenever a new OS installed? Or is that
because I deleted the drive which contain the boot
information? Thx

Adrian
 
Hi Adrian,

Reboot to the Recovery Console, from the command prompt copy ntldr and
ntdetect.com from the I386 folder to the root of the boot partition
(overwrite any existing files).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Hi,
How do I determine which one is the boot partition? Is
it the one which is active partition? And which folder
should I copy to? And will it cause my new os not
bootable? Thx

Adrian
 
Hi Adrian,

Where are those files now? That should indicate the boot partition. You
don't copy them to a folder, you place them on the root of the drive (like
C:\, not C:\<foldername>).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Hi,
I just did a search on my hard disk, and I found the
ntldr file in c:\winnt\ServicePackFile\i386. So should I
overwrite that file? What will happen if I overwrite it?

Adrian
 
Hi Adrian,

Nope, that's not it. It will be on the root of a drive (root means that it
is on the drive, not in a directory, like C:\ntldr). Set folder options/view
to see hidden and system files, might make it easier to locate.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
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