|>I have set the BIOS to boot from CDROM as the first priority.
|>I expect the system will prompt me to press any key to boot from CDROM, but
|>it doesnt.
|>It just go straight to boot the XP.
|>What should I do to correct it?
|>Thanks
You can copy your i386, support directories and all start up files to
your hard drive and install from there.
Boot up into XP, run your W2K startup, clean install, select you will
pick which partition to install it to, and it does the rest.
I've done this before, after you install W2K, you will not be able to
boot into XP, until you copy the files you have set aside for this.
|>"Steve N." <
[email protected]>
|>???????:
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|>> Trax wrote:
|>>
|>> >
|>> > |>I have a concern here.
|>> > |>The boot sector of XP in C: originally is replaced by the boot sector
|>of W2K
|>> > |>server.
|>> > |>Will this be a problem?
|>> >
|>> > Both will write to the MBR, if there is a problem replacing a back'd
|>> > up copy of the MBR is just quicker if a problem is encounter'd.
|>>
|>> If they are two physical drives the 2K install shouldn't touch the MBR
|>> of the 1st drive when installing to the second disk, but it will
|>> overwrite ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini on C: with its version of
|>> them. That's why the best way to create dual boot XP & 2K is to install
|>> 2K first, then XP. Still, I agree that backing up the MBR is not a bad
|>> move anyway. I've used a simple program named boot.com for this, but
|>> it's difficult to find on the net anymore. Even if drive C: and D: are
|>> two partitions on the same physical drive the MBR is generic for all
|>> Windows versions since W98, so it shouldn't really matter. What does
|>> matter is ntldr, boot.ini and ntdtecet.com. In the end you want the XP
|>> versions of these files on C:, however that is accomplished.
|>>
|>> Other, non-MS OSes (such as Linux) can install a bootloader to the
|>> actual MBR, but that is not appliable here.
|>>
|>> >
|>> > |>There are 2 files involve in this procedure.
|>> > |>NTLDR (Loader) and NTDETECT.COM
|>> > |>what are they and what are the functions of them?
|>> >
|>> > One is called to run from the MBR and the other reads the boot.ini and
|>> > loads windows. Google would explain them better.
|>>
|>> Ntldr is the boot loader, it starts the file system, reads boot.ini then
|>> starts ntdetect.com that does basic hardware and hardware profile
|>> detection. Ntldr then starts ntoskrnl.exe and provides it with
|>> information obtained from Ntdetect.com.
|>>
|>> Steve N.
|>>
|>> >
|>> > |>"Trax" <
[email protected]>
|>> > |>???????:
[email protected]...
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>> |>I would like to install w2k server on my WinXP installed system.
|>> > |>> |>I come up with a procedure by gooling and I need some confirmation
|>to
|>> > |>> |>prevent disaster.
|>> > |>> |>Please comment it if I am wrong.
|>> > |>> |>1> backup the NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR (WinXP version) from c:\ to
|>floppy.
|>> > |>> |>2> install W2K server to a D: drive which is NTFS. (created in
|>advance)
|>> > |>> |>3> boot from W2K server
|>> > |>> |>4> overwrite the (W2K version) NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR by the
|>backuped
|>> > |>> |>NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR(WinXP version)
|>> > |>> |>5> modify the boot.ini, append the entry for WinXP.
|>> > |>> |>6> reboot -> then we can have a menu for selecting W2K server or
|>WinXP
|>> > |>> |>
|>> > |>> |>Does the above procedure correct?
|>> > |>> |>Thanks a lot
|>> > |>> |>
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>> Sounds good, the boot.ini should update itself.
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>> Since your using a floppy you might take the extra step of backing
|>up
|>> > |>> the MBR before installing W2K, just incase.
|>> > |>>
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>>
|>> > |>> --
|>> > |>> Time Wasting Sites on the Net
|>> > |>>
http://freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.htm
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