Dual Boot Problem

[Ryan J. Paque]

Hi, All,

I have a dual boot system with WinME on the first partition, and Win2000
on the second. Due to a recent power outage, the WinME installation
basically killed itself (I know I know, UPS...) and will no longer boot.
There is no problem with the actual hard drive, the installation just
went bad.

Since my Win2000 installation is still working fine, in there anyway I
can reformat and install the first partition (WinME) without effecting
Win2000? Would I simply have to make a backup of the "boot.ini" file
and copy it back over to restore my dual boot, or do I HAVE to do a
repait instal of Win2000 after I install WinME?

Thanks!

Ryan

 

[Ken Dennis]

Since my Win2000 installation is still working fine, in there anyway I
can reformat and install the first partition (WinME) without effecting
Win2000? Would I simply have to make a backup of the "boot.ini" file
and copy it back over to restore my dual boot, or do I HAVE to do a
repait instal of Win2000 after I install WinME?

Thanks!

Ryan

You are unable to see the windows 98 partition when you are in windows
2000? If you go right click on "my computer" icon on the desktop, select
manage, you can see your hard drives and stuff... you should be able to
see and format the other partition in there. Sorry I can't give you a
step by step but I don't have a win2k box in front on me ;/

Cheers,

 

[Dave Patrick]

After you format he system partition, reinstall WinME then you can start the
recovery console and from a command prompt issue the command;
fixboot
to repair/write the boot sector.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
fixboot,and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir%


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hi, All,
|
| I have a dual boot system with WinME on the first partition, and Win2000
| on the second. Due to a recent power outage, the WinME installation
| basically killed itself (I know I know, UPS...) and will no longer boot.
| There is no problem with the actual hard drive, the installation just
| went bad.
|
| Since my Win2000 installation is still working fine, in there anyway I
| can reformat and install the first partition (WinME) without effecting
| Win2000? Would I simply have to make a backup of the "boot.ini" file
| and copy it back over to restore my dual boot, or do I HAVE to do a
| repait instal of Win2000 after I install WinME?
|
| Thanks!
|
| Ryan

 

[Kevin C.]

Since my Win2000 installation is still working fine, in there anyway I
can reformat and install the first partition (WinME) without effecting
Win2000? Would I simply have to make a backup of the "boot.ini" file
and copy it back over to restore my dual boot, or do I HAVE to do a
repait instal of Win2000 after I install WinME?

You shouldn't have to reinstall Win2k, but you'll need to copy other files
in addition to boot.ini, namely ntdetect and ntldr.

 

[Ryan J. Paque]

You are unable to see the windows 98 partition when you are in windows
2000? If you go right click on "my computer" icon on the desktop, select
manage, you can see your hard drives and stuff... you should be able to
see and format the other partition in there. Sorry I can't give you a
step by step but I don't have a win2k box in front on me ;/

Cheers,

I can see all the partitions and files of the WinME partition from the
Win2000 partition. When I try to boot into WinME though, it simply
hangs. Obviously some system files got messed up in ME...

I want to know if I can re-install WinME on partition 0 without having
to re-install Win2000 on partition 1.

Ryan

 

[Ryan J. Paque]

You shouldn't have to reinstall Win2k, but you'll need to copy other files
in addition to boot.ini, namely ntdetect and ntldr.

Those three files are all I'll need?

Okay, stupid question... where do I copy the existing files from? I
obviously know the boot.ini file exists, as I can still boot correctly
into Win2000... where is it located? A search for any of the above
files yields nothing... except a "boot.ini.backup"

 

[Ryan J. Paque]

After you format he system partition, reinstall WinME then you can start the
recovery console and from a command prompt issue the command;
fixboot
to repair/write the boot sector.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
fixboot,and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir%

Ahh, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

Ryan

 

[Dave Patrick]

You're welcome.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Ahh, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
|
| Ryan