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dual boot problems

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jahawkin

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Need some help with setting my Master boot record in win2k...
Just installed WinME to the E: partition (Win2k was already installed on C🙂....Used bootpart program to repair (in this case, create) the boot sector....Now, when I start my machine, I'm given the choice between Win2k and WinMe....When I choose Win2k, everything works fine...but if I choose WinMe, I get the following error:
"I/O error multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0) partition(0)\bootsect.dos"
Now I guess that the boot sector is pointing to the wrong partition or something like that....so, if this is the problem, how do I hack the boot sector in Win2k?? I've searched for boot.ini and bootsect.dos, and return nothing.....
Any thoughts, suggestions, etc...
Thanks
 
well, those files are hidden system files, so you're not gonna find them in a search unless you enable "view hidden" and "view system files"

sounds like you might need to edit boot.ini, which is a hidden file in your c: root directory. report back when you can find it, and perhaps you can copy and paste what boot.ini says into a post here for us
 
Thanks for the help.....found boot.ini...here it is

[Boot Loader]
timeout=30
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition"

So I take it I'm going to have to change the partition #....perhaps the multi or some other number???
I have 3 partitions...C: (active partition) and d: and e: (both extended partitions.....
 
well now...that is interesting. your boot.ini looks 100% correct. can you expand on what you did? it seems that you're aware what a pain it can be to install winME AFTER win2k. how exactly did you repair the bootsector?
 
Well I installed WinMe from DOS onto the e: drive....After that when I booted it took me right to WinMe, so I used the bootpart command "bootpart winnt boot:c:" in DOS....This produced the boot selection screen I now see when I boot..
Ya, I kept reading on how you should install WinMe before 2k, but I really don't have any choice in it...Plus, I really don't want to deal with WinMe at all (seeing as how it sucks), but I don't have Admin control in Win2k anymore, so I need WinMe to run stuff that I can't on 2k

 
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