Dual boot

[Steve]

I setup a dual boot system with 98SE and XP Pro. When I booted to one of
them, they would initially crash when the desktop appeared. I would then
restart and reboot to the same OS and all would be fine. If I install one OS
only, there is no problems. Why would this be? The 2 OS can't possibly
interfere with each other because only one is running. What is happening?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Did you install them to separate partitions?
Does this happen with both OS's?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[CS]

I setup a dual boot system with 98SE and XP Pro. When I booted to one of
them, they would initially crash when the desktop appeared. I would then
restart and reboot to the same OS and all would be fine. If I install one OS
only, there is no problems. Why would this be? The 2 OS can't possibly
interfere with each other because only one is running. What is happening?

Did you install 98SE and XP Pro on the same partition? If so, that
could be causing the crash to occur.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Is this from a cold boot? You might have a hardware problem if it happens
from both on a cold boot.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Steve]

It cannot be hardware. If I have 98SE only on a single partition, or XP only
on a single partition, there is no problems.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Steve,

Ok, so is "E" a separate physical drive, or another partition on the same
drive as "C"? It sort of sounds like an unstable boot sector.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Steve]

Same drive. I started with an unpartitioned drive. Used 98SE to create a
FAT32 patition C: and installed it. Then, using the XP CD, I created an NTFS
partition E: using the rest of the drive and installed XP on it. This is in
compliance with MS guidelines. I've done it before and have no idea why it
plays up.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Steve,

Nothing wrong with that setup, but something doesn't like it. I am wondering
what version of fdisk did you use to create the FAT32 partition - the older
one sometimes can't deal with larger disks well.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Yellowbeard]

Basic question, are both OS's on the same partition?
If no OK
If yes, that will create a similar problem.
YB