If you had a multi boot system and then reinstalled windows xp the obvious
cause of your problem is that the original boot ini file has been
overwritten. Therefore to remedy the problem you need to edit your boot ini
file and 'put back' the details for your multi boot system. Below is a copy
of my dual boot ini file this will give you an idea of how it should look.
Obviously you will need to substitute the name of your operating systems,
unless you are dual booting with windows server 2003.
[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 XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard"
/fastdetect
Another suggestion, is visit my web site
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Click on the Win XP Faq button and take a look at question 10. This will
help you create an emergency boot disk so that you will always have a copy
of boot ini etc to hand if the problem occurs again.
