Dual Boot - Win 2000 and Win 2003....

[Guest]

Hello....
In dual booting 2003 server and 2000 server when ever I rebuild the 2000
server I have a problem with the boot file. We are going to rebuild the
windows 2000 domains in a couple of days.... this will recreate the boot file
for the dual booot. What can I do the the file to allow me to still access
the Windows 20003 setup.

Thanks.....

MCSE Trainee

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello....
In dual booting 2003 server and 2000 server when ever I rebuild the 2000
server I have a problem with the boot file. We are going to rebuild the
windows 2000 domains in a couple of days.... this will recreate the boot file
for the dual booot. What can I do the the file to allow me to still access
the Windows 20003 setup.

Thanks.....

MCSE Trainee

The cleanest option would be to use a proper boot manager
such as XOSL (free!). This will keep the two OSs completely
separate, with no interference at all.

If you don't want to use a third party boot manager then you
need to save the hidden files c:\ntldr and c:\ntdetect.com.
After installing Win2000, you must restore these files to
their original location.

 

[Andy]

Replace ntdetect.com and ntldr with the Windows 2003 versions.