Multi boot problems

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Fredrik Toftered

Hello,

I have a 20.000 MB HD. With a partition manager I have partitioned it as
follows:

1. Windows 98 on Fat 32 5000 MB
2. Windows 95 on Fat 16 2000 MB
3. Extended DOS 4000
a. Logical Fat 16 2000 MB
b. Logical Fat 16 2000 MB
4. NTFS 5000 MB
5. Free space 4000 MB

Windows 98 and 95 boot without problems and 3 a. and b. works as well.

On partition 5., I installed Win 2k professional with an image file I
had made with Symantec Ghost from my PC at work. The partitions above is
my home PC.

When I boot Win 2k, the boot process starts as it should, but after the
first step, when it is supposed go into the graphical mode, the boot
process quits and the computer reboots.

Help would be appreciated.

Fredrik
 
Hello,

I have had a similar issue with the installation of w2k on
the older computer but there was the partitions created on
two physical disks. I could not work with w2k after I have
successfully installed it. After the starting process the
monitor turned off and nothing else happened. It would be
very appreciated if you could let me know when you obtain
some helpfull answer.

Thanks
AKI
 
Fredrik said:
Hello,

I have a 20.000 MB HD. With a partition manager I have partitioned it as
follows:

1. Windows 98 on Fat 32 5000 MB
2. Windows 95 on Fat 16 2000 MB
3. Extended DOS 4000
a. Logical Fat 16 2000 MB
b. Logical Fat 16 2000 MB
4. NTFS 5000 MB
5. Free space 4000 MB

Windows 98 and 95 boot without problems and 3 a. and b. works as well.

On partition 5., I installed Win 2k professional with an image file I
had made with Symantec Ghost from my PC at work. The partitions above is
my home PC.
Click to expand...
Sorry, it was, of course, on partition 4. I installed Windows 2k.

Fredrik
 
Hi Fredrik,
You mentioned that this OS is an image from a machine at work. Simply taking
an image from one machine and trying to boot it with another machine rarely
works, unless the hardware in the two computers is identical.

The symptom you described indicates to me that the HAL types between the two
machines (work and home) differ. Try performing an in-place upgrade of
Windows 2000, to install the appropriate HAL and device drivers for the
"new" hardware.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit.
 
David said:
Hi Fredrik,
You mentioned that this OS is an image from a machine at work. Simply taking
an image from one machine and trying to boot it with another machine rarely
works, unless the hardware in the two computers is identical.

The symptom you described indicates to me that the HAL types between the two
machines (work and home) differ. Try performing an in-place upgrade of
Windows 2000, to install the appropriate HAL and device drivers for the
"new" hardware.
Click to expand...
Thanks David,

My hardware on my machine at work are completely different from the one
at home and I suspected that this might be the cause to the boot problems.

The "work OS" is Win2k SP4.

An in-place upgrade, does that mean I run the set-up program over my
Win2k partition at home?

Fredrik
 
Hi Fredrik,
Exactly. Here's a Knowledge Base article with a step-by-step:

292175 How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292175

This isn't guaranteed to fix the problem, by the way. If the machine is not
booting due to an invalid HAL, the in-place upgrade *may* get you booted.

--

David Bullock, MCSE, MCSA, A+
Windows NT/2000/2003 Setup Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights.
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may benefit.
 
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