help w/editing w2k pro boot.ini

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shahzad

Hi,

Here is the situation:

I have an 80gig HD and i had two partitions on it; C: WinXP and
F:data. Then i created another partition of 20gig as primary and installed
w2k pro on it. I never did dual-boot thing b4 so i did know that i had to
copy "NTLDR" and "NTDETECT.COM" files out of XP and paste it in W2k PRo.
However, now i can only see the w2k pro and the F:data.

My question is how can i get access to WinXP. One way is the edit
the w2k pro boot.ini?????
Example:

W2k pro's boot.ini in its original format
[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="Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional" /fastdetect

My suggestion to get access to WinXP
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS //
for winXP

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP Professional" /fastdetect

IS this the right way to go???

Or can i just copy the NTLDR" and "NTDETECT.COM" files out of winXP's
CD and then paste it???

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
million..........................................THANXXXXXXXXXXXX
 
You cannot have 2 defaults. Pick one to be the default OS and cut the other one out:
My suggestion to get access to WinXP
[boot loader]
timeout=30
[**]default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[**]default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS //
for winXP
Click to expand...

The rest of the boot.ini looks ok.
shahzad said:
Hi,

Here is the situation:

I have an 80gig HD and i had two partitions on it; C: WinXP and
F:data. Then i created another partition of 20gig as primary and installed
w2k pro on it. I never did dual-boot thing b4 so i did know that i had to
copy "NTLDR" and "NTDETECT.COM" files out of XP and paste it in W2k PRo.
However, now i can only see the w2k pro and the F:data.

My question is how can i get access to WinXP. One way is the edit
the w2k pro boot.ini?????
Example:

W2k pro's boot.ini in its original format
[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="Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional" /fastdetect

My suggestion to get access to WinXP
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS //
for winXP

[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows
XP Professional" /fastdetect

IS this the right way to go???

Or can i just copy the NTLDR" and "NTDETECT.COM" files out of winXP's
CD and then paste it???

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.
million..........................................THANXXXXXXXXXXXX
Click to expand...
 
- What exactly do you mean with "can only see the w2k pro"?
- What partitions does the Disk Manager report?
- If you boot your machine with a Win98 disk (www.bootdisk.com)
and run fdisk.exe, what partitions do you see?
 
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