Dual boot + partition changes = hang

[Rene]

Hello group, and thanx in advance.

I had a dual boot system, with the 2nd OS booting from what used to the be
5th partition on the HD.

I wanted to re-arrange things a bit, and deleted the 4th partition
altogether.

So, the OS formerly in the 5th partition, now resides in the 4th partition
on the drive.

I adapted boot.ini accordingly.

When booting in the 2nd os (WinXP pro), the boot process starts, but does
not make it to the logon screen.

I suspect that drive letter assignment has changed, and that this causes the
boot to hang.

Is there a solution - other than reinstalling, I mean, *smirk*??

Thanx!

 

[Walter Clayton]

See the BOOTCFG command in http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello group, and thanx in advance.

I had a dual boot system, with the 2nd OS booting from what used to the be
5th partition on the HD.

I wanted to re-arrange things a bit, and deleted the 4th partition
altogether.

So, the OS formerly in the 5th partition, now resides in the 4th partition
on the drive.

I adapted boot.ini accordingly.

When booting in the 2nd os (WinXP pro), the boot process starts, but does
not make it to the logon screen.

I suspect that drive letter assignment has changed, and that this causes the
boot to hang.

Is there a solution - other than reinstalling, I mean, *smirk*??

Thanx!

When booting into the first OS, is the partition with the
second OS visible?

 

[Richard Urban]

Seeing as how there are thousands of registry entries that point to the G:
(5th partition) that no longer exists, the computer will not be able to find
those files. They (the files) are now all on partition F:

Time for a reinstall.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

It may benefit you to relabel the drive from G to F: if this isn't possible,
add another small partition [sacrifical lamb, so to speak] before the now 4th
partition.

This should 'reset' the drive lettering etc and make Xp happy with the
system configuration.

 

[Richard Urban]

Small partition would work (-:

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

It may benefit you to relabel the drive from G to F: if this isn't
possible,
add another small partition [sacrifical lamb, so to speak] before the now
4th
partition.

This should 'reset' the drive lettering etc and make Xp happy with the
system configuration.

Seeing as how there are thousands of registry entries that point to the
G:
(5th partition) that no longer exists, the computer will not be able to
find
those files. They (the files) are now all on partition F:

Time for a reinstall.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Rodney]

Hello group, and thanx in advance.

I had a dual boot system, with the 2nd OS booting from what used to the be
5th partition on the HD.

Were the first three partitions "seen" by Windows?

I wanted to re-arrange things a bit, and deleted the 4th partition
altogether.

If on a single drive you had partitions 1,2,3,4,5 originally then 4 was
likely an extended partition and 5 a virtual partition on 4. In that
case I'm not sure what would happen when you deleted partition 4 but
likely not something good. What program did you use to delete 4, did it
prompt anything when you did it? Are you actually talking about deleting
partitions or do you mean deleting the information on a drive letter?

So, the OS formerly in the 5th partition, now resides in the 4th partition
on the drive.

How did you determine this?

I adapted boot.ini accordingly.

When booting in the 2nd os (WinXP pro), the boot process starts, but does
not make it to the logon screen.

How far does it get?

I suspect that drive letter assignment has changed, and that this causes the
boot to hang.

What was the original drive letter assignment in Windows for the fifth
partition?

 

[Walter Clayton]

NT kernels don't enumerate the way 9x kernels do.

--
Walter Clayton
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

Small partition would work (-:

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

It may benefit you to relabel the drive from G to F: if this isn't
possible,
add another small partition [sacrifical lamb, so to speak] before the now
4th
partition.

This should 'reset' the drive lettering etc and make Xp happy with the
system configuration.

Seeing as how there are thousands of registry entries that point to the
G:
(5th partition) that no longer exists, the computer will not be able to
find
those files. They (the files) are now all on partition F:

Time for a reinstall.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


Hello group, and thanx in advance.

I had a dual boot system, with the 2nd OS booting from what used to
the be
5th partition on the HD.

I wanted to re-arrange things a bit, and deleted the 4th partition
altogether.

So, the OS formerly in the 5th partition, now resides in the 4th
partition
on the drive.

I adapted boot.ini accordingly.

When booting in the 2nd os (WinXP pro), the boot process starts, but
does
not make it to the logon screen.

I suspect that drive letter assignment has changed, and that this
causes
the boot to hang.

Is there a solution - other than reinstalling, I mean, *smirk*??

Thanx!