Dual Boot - need Boot.ini help

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LadyDungeness

I've got a dual boot (supposedly) system. I used to get a boot-up
menu where I could choose which system to boot to. After installing a
new HD, I still get the boot-up menu, but I cannot boot into the
system on the slave drive. Maybe there's something wrong with my
boot.ini file?

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Home" /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Win 2000"

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Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Hi LadyDungeness,

Your boot.ini file does not indicate an operating system on a secondary
(slave) drive, it indicates two operating systems on two separate partitions
of a single drive. Also, Win2000 usually installs to a folder named WINNT not
Windows.

Assuming that Win2000 is the operating system on the slave drive, and
assuming that it is installed on the first partition and not the second
partition (as your current boot.ini file indicates) of that drive, your
boot.ini file should look more like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Home" /NoExecute=OptIn
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Win 2000"



Regards,
 
How would I change the boot.ini so that two hard drives are indicated?
I can fix the others.

Lady D



On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:42:00 -0700, Patti MacLeod

|Hi LadyDungeness,
|
|Your boot.ini file does not indicate an operating system on a secondary
|(slave) drive, it indicates two operating systems on two separate partitions
|of a single drive. Also, Win2000 usually installs to a folder named WINNT not
|Windows.
|
|Assuming that Win2000 is the operating system on the slave drive, and
|assuming that it is installed on the first partition and not the second
|partition (as your current boot.ini file indicates) of that drive, your
|boot.ini file should look more like this:
|
|[boot loader]
|timeout=30
|default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
|[operating systems]
|multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Home" /NoExecute=OptIn
|multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Win 2000"
|
|
|
|Regards,
 
Right click MyComputer on the desktop.
In the popup menu click Properties > Advanced tab > Startup and Recovery Settings
button > System Startup Edit Button.

Change the line:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Win 2000"

To:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Win 2000"

as suggested/shown in Patti's response.

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Patti,

I apologize for the dumb question. I had eye surgery recently and
haven't got my big monitor set up yet; on this little one, I
completely missed your answer. I've followed your directions and am
now the proud owner of a dual boot system. Thank you! :-)

`
Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Delicious!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:37:33 -0700, (e-mail address removed) wrote:

|How would I change the boot.ini so that two hard drives are indicated?
|I can fix the others.
|
|Lady D
|
|
|
|On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:42:00 -0700, Patti MacLeod
|
||Hi LadyDungeness,
||
||Your boot.ini file does not indicate an operating system on a secondary
||(slave) drive, it indicates two operating systems on two separate partitions
||of a single drive. Also, Win2000 usually installs to a folder named WINNT not
||Windows.
||
||Assuming that Win2000 is the operating system on the slave drive, and
||assuming that it is installed on the first partition and not the second
||partition (as your current boot.ini file indicates) of that drive, your
||boot.ini file should look more like this:
||
||[boot loader]
||timeout=30
||default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
||[operating systems]
||multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="XP Home" /NoExecute=OptIn
||multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Win 2000"
||
||
||
||Regards,
 
No problem and you're welcome :-) I hope you enjoy your dual boot system.

I would have checked back sooner, but internet connectivity here has been a
little "spotty" since some time last night. Thanks, Brian A. for jumping in
:-)



Regards,
 
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