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Dual Boot with XP and 2000

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TheKid

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I know this has been beaten into the ground, but I have a small problem with my dual boot menu. I had W2K on the d: driveof a partitioned HD. I then formated C: forgetting the boot record was on there. I then loaded XP which is working fine, but all my stuff is on w2k. I tried to run the repair to w2k, but it didn't fix the boot menu. I also is not allowing me to boot to the CD-ROM. It did one time, but after that it hasn't. Can someone tell me how to edit the boot record manually or give me another solution? Thanks,

Greg
 
Here's how I have it in my system. Windows XP RC2 (b2542) is on my primary master drive. Windows 2000 SP2 is on my primary slave drive. File name is boot.ini on drive C: and is a hidden file. Hope this helps.


[boot loader]
timeout = 15
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(1)partition(1)\WINNT = "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
 
I actually found a web site describing a utility that is in the repair section of the XP Disc. If you go to repair the install and type bootcfg it will scan for other operating systems and add them to the boot.ini. That's how I got it to work. Thanks for the help,


G
 
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