Xp Pro Boot up problem

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You must boot your system with a Win98 boot disk
(www.bootdisk.com) in order to install XOSL. You
cannot do it while WindXP is active. Furthermore,
you must install it on a FAT or FAT32 partition.

I recommend that you make a dedicated 10 MByte
partition at the far end of your hard disk for XOSL.
It can be a logical drive. Make ***very, very***
sure that you select this partition while installing XOSL.
If you select the wrong partition by mistake then you
will lose the OS that resides there.

 

[Guest]

Hi Pegasus
I have one more problem i thought u may be able to help me put in this problem
My dual boot operating system XP Pro and W2K3.
Three days ago i installed beta 1 version of Longhorn on my Virtual machine
2004. It worked well for two days, beside some display prob.
But after two days, i'm unable to boot in of my either of dual OS, XP Pro or
W2K3. When i boot into XP Pro it gives me this error Msg
Title: Window Product Activation
"A problem is preventing window from accurately checking the licence for
this computer. Error Code: 0X80090006"
I'm unable to boot in Xp Pro, i can boot in safe mode in XpPro. But in W2K3
i'm not evem able to boot in safe mode.
I've already tried two things FIRST tried to find
1. HKEY_USERS\.............\cryptograph\Providers
I don't have this Key
Second thing i've tried is this
2. Strat/run "regsvr32 regwizc.dll"
"regsvr32 licdll.dll"
this thing also didn't fix my problem

On the internet i found this
Click on "Settings" of your config in the Centre pane of Target Designer
Then select "Target Device Settings" and locate "boot partition size""
coonfiguration setting.
cahnge this value to the true partition size that the run time will reside.
But in this solution i've problem finding the "Settings" of config in the
'Centre pane of Target Designer'
Do u know where these settings are, i mean how do i get there?

Do u know any other solutions to solve this problem, any kind of help is
highly appreciate.

 

[Guest]

Did you edit the boot.ini file?

 

[Timothy Daniels]

The "active" flag on the partition that has the boot.ini file that includes
both the WinXP and the Server 2003 may have been unset. The G:
partition may now be the "active" partition so that its boot.ini file controls
which OS gets loaded. If you want a better diagnosis, post the boot.ini
files from both partitions (idenifying which boot.ini is from what partition/OS)
and idenifyinging which partition is the "active" partition (Disk Management
shows this).

*TimDaniels*

 

[John John]

The "active" flag on the partition that has the boot.ini file that
includes
both the WinXP and the Server 2003 may have been unset. The G:
partition may now be the "active" partition so that its boot.ini file
controls
which OS gets loaded. If you want a better diagnosis, post the boot.ini
files from both partitions (idenifying which boot.ini is from what
partition/OS)
and idenifyinging which partition is the "active" partition (Disk
Management
shows this).

*TimDaniels*

Hi Tim,

Spooky29 answered to a post that is almost 2 years old! Hopefully the
original poster has fixed this by now ;-)

Also, the answer to the original question lies in the following
statement in the original post: "For some stupid reason i changed the
drive letter of my Xp Pro partition..." It is well known that such a
change will usually send the computer in a continuous reboot loop on
restart. A quick search for for "boot drive letter" on the Microsoft
web site will quickly yield an answer to the problem, it doesn't involve
the active partition or the boot.ini file. I thought I should add this,
in case someone else is looking for a solution to the problem.

John

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Also, the answer to the original question lies in the following
statement in the original post: "For some stupid reason i changed the
drive letter of my Xp Pro partition..." It is well known that such a
change will usually send the computer in a continuous reboot loop on
restart. A quick search for for "boot drive letter" on the Microsoft
web site will quickly yield an answer to the problem, it doesn't involve
the active partition or the boot.ini file. I thought I should add this,
in case someone else is looking for a solution to the problem.

Is this the document that you refer to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321 ?

*TimDaniels*

 

[John John]

Is this the document that you refer to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321 ?

Yes, the link to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223188/ in that article
will give instructions on how to revert the system or boot drive letter
to its original letter.

John