Two WINXP on one machine

[Guest]

Hi,

I had two OS on my computer - Win 98 SE on drive C and XP Professional on D.
I decided to upgrade Win98 to XP Professional.

Upgrade was successful, but the computer didn't recognise two OS. The
original XP was not noticed.

So I went to System Restore settings, and changed boot.ini file as ...


[boot loader]
timeout =12
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1"

C:\="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2"

 

[jmatt]

Are they 2 seperate drives or 2 partitions?


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[Galen]

In penguin_skywalker <[email protected]> had this to
say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Hi,

I had two OS on my computer - Win 98 SE on drive C and XP
Professional on D. I decided to upgrade Win98 to XP Professional.

Upgrade was successful, but the computer didn't recognise two OS. The
original XP was not noticed.

So I went to System Restore settings, and changed boot.ini file as ...


[boot loader]
timeout =12
default = multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1"

C:\="Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2"

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Now my computer has stopped working. How should I bail myself out of
this?

Thanks!

Well, from the recovery console you can try to use the fixboot command. Pop
the CD in, boot, and select recovery console.

Using Recovery Console Commands :
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_pzsk.asp

Else here's a boot.ini copy for a single XP Pro SP2 installation:

http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/advanced/bootini.html

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Ron Sommer]

Do you have 2 hard drives?
Or two partitions on one drive?

Two hard drives:
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2"

Two partitions on one drive:
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS = "Microsoft Windows XP
Professional 2"

 

[Guest]

Hi Ron,

I used incorrect terminology. Actually I have only one hard disk, and three
partitions. I have Operating Systems only on C: and D:.

The Win 98 that was upgraded to XP asks for DOS commands and I am not
familiar with them. The original XP does not start; and I recieve a message
stating that there is a configuration error.

Thanks!

 

[Ron Sommer]

I sounds like theWin 98 upgrade didn't complete.

You need C:\ntldr, C:\boot.ini, and C:\ntdetect.com to boot the original XP.
Boot.ini needs to show XP on partition 2.

I am not sure if this will work.
Boot with the XP CD and at the Setup/Repair screen, choose Repair. In
Recovery Console, use
the following commands:

1) FIXBOOT, answer Yes
2) CD \
3) ATTRIB -H NTLDR
4) ATTRIB -S NTLDR
5) ATTRIB -R NTLDR
6) ATTRIB -H NTDETECT.COM
7) ATTRIB -S NTDETEC.COM
8) ATTRIB -R NTDETECT.COM
9) COPY X:\I386\NTLDR C:\
10) COPY X:\I386\NTDETECT.COM C:\

In Steps 9 and 10, X is the letter of your CD-Rom drive.

 

[Guest]

Hey Ron!

Thanks for taking the time to help me out! It was very useful to me.

I did not need to use fixboot command. I tried bootcfg /rebuild first, and
it worked.

Take care!

 

[Guest]

Hey Galen!

Thanks for sharing these addresses with me. It made a big difference.

When I referred to it, I did not comprehend what exactly the fixboot command
does. I tried bootcfg /rebuild to rectify the boot.ini file, and it did the
trick!

Have a great day!