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I installed Win 2k on Win XP on a partition, now Win XP wont load up! URGENT HELP REQUIRED!

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mosid786

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I created a partition on Win XP. I installed Win 200 Pro on the partitioned hard drive. Now, when i boot up my PC it gives me a choice:

1: Win 2000 Pro
2: Win XP Home Edition

Win 2000 loads up without any problems. But, when I load Win XP; i.e. select number 2 and press enter, it comes up with an error message:

Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd startup options for windows 2000, press F8.

You can attemp to repair this file by starting Windows 2000 Setup using the original Setup floppy disk or CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.

Can anyone tell me what i have done wrong?

Thank you.

Sid


 
Thanks for the reply. I wasn't aware that the most recent OS had to be installed last. Thanks for the website. Here are the contents of the boot.ini file on Win 2k:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect

I really appreciate your help. I really need to get XP up and running again. If i uninstall Win 2k, will that sort the problem out?
 
Thank you for the website. It states that the resolution to my problem is as follows:

"To work around this issue, start the computer in Windows 2000, and then copy the NTLDR and Ntdetect.com files from the I386 folder on the Windows XP CD-ROM to the root of the system drive."

I have XP installed on the C: drive and I installed Win 2000 on the partitioned D: drive. So, I have to start the computer in Win 2000 and copy the files from the XP CD-ROM to the root of the system drive. WHERE DO I FIND THE ROOT OF THE SYSTEM DRIVE?

I did the following:

In command prompt i typed D:\>dir e:

This displayed the directory of e:\ (XP CD-ROM)

Then i typed D:\>copy e:\i386\ntldr

enter

Then i typed D:\>copy e:\i386\ntdeteect.com

enter

The problem has not been resolved.

Can anyone HELP PLEASE!

Thanks

Sid




 
WHERE DO I FIND THE ROOT OF THE SYSTEM DRIVE?
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Typically that's going to be your "C" drive. It will be whatever drive you already see a NTLDR and NTDetect.com in (I'm going to guess that's the drive you have XP installed on).

The problem would have been created when installing Windows 2000 because it would have replaced the XP ones with the 2K ones and XP cannot load with the older 2K ones.
 
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