This is a hypothetical question. I ask because I ran into problems last weekend whilst getting Mandrake Linux installed. In the end I got round it another way, but I'd like to know the cause.
Imagine (as an example) you've got Windows 98 on C: and Windows 2000 on D:. You decide you want to move Windows 2000 to a different partition.
OK, in the boot.ini file, there is a reference to the root directory of Win2000 - defined with disk and partition numbers. I know you have to change these to point to where your W2K is installed - that's the easy bit.
However when I tried this, W2K would load but when it got to the point where the window pops up saying Loading your settings and Configuring your settings (or similar - the messages that appear before the desktop proper loads) it kept flashing between the two windows in an endless loop.
It's almost as if W2K gets to that point and then tries to access data that doesn't exist or at least that it can't find.
What is causing this and more importantly - is there any way around it other than reinstalling?
Cheers
Rob
Imagine (as an example) you've got Windows 98 on C: and Windows 2000 on D:. You decide you want to move Windows 2000 to a different partition.
OK, in the boot.ini file, there is a reference to the root directory of Win2000 - defined with disk and partition numbers. I know you have to change these to point to where your W2K is installed - that's the easy bit.
However when I tried this, W2K would load but when it got to the point where the window pops up saying Loading your settings and Configuring your settings (or similar - the messages that appear before the desktop proper loads) it kept flashing between the two windows in an endless loop.
It's almost as if W2K gets to that point and then tries to access data that doesn't exist or at least that it can't find.
What is causing this and more importantly - is there any way around it other than reinstalling?
Cheers
Rob