Repairing a Triple Boot, Can Anyone Help ??

[Katy]

Hi, can anyone help me repair my 2 yr.setup of WinME, Windows 2000 and WinXP
boot.

At the boot when I choose the operating system

-Windows ME
-Windows 2000 Professional *
-Windows XP (this link somehow got scrambled, because when I click on it,
it instead loads Windows 2000 and fails).
-Windows 2000 Professional (a bogus Windows 2000 option that is a result of
another repair with W2k repair).

Up until 3 weeks ago, the Windows ME and Windows 2000 only, were
accessible. That night, after restarting Windows 2000 and accessing
Windows ME, I suddenly get the error below:

"Invalid System Disk
Replace the disk and press any key" (there is no floppy in drive A)

Even if I lose Windows XP on there, I wouldn't mind. Resetting up that
tester machine would be a lot of work and if I could just fix the boot
loader, it would sure help, if that's all that's wrong with this.

I can still access Windows 2000 *. Is it possible the windows boot loader
is corrupt and can I replace that and how? Or editting the boot.ini ?
(need help with that too)

Is this worth a try even? Any advice is most welcome!!! If this should be
posted in a different group, please let me know that too.

Thanks in advance,
katy

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

If you repaired your 2000 installation after the XP was installed, then you
need to replace your NTLDR file. A Windows 2000 ntldr will not boot an XP
installation. Boot the XP CD use the recovery console to copy a valid
ntdlr file to the root of C:

 

[Katy]

Thanks Rob, you helped a great deal here! I now need to go to WinME ngroup
to fully complete my problem but XP boots great now! and I still have W2k.
Thank you soo much! katy

 

[Katy]

Thanks Rob, you helped a great deal here! I now need to go to WinME ngroup
to fully complete my problem but XP boots great now! and I still have W2k.
Thank you soo much! katy