Quoting Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???>:
> m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Sorry for sticking a windows problem in here but i have tried all the
> windows
> > email groups i am on and so I am hoping for a different perspectice to
> solve
> > this problem.
> >
> > I have been quad (w2k,xp suse and syllable )booting windows 2000 and
> windows xp
> > professional for 3 years but in the last 3 days
> > it decided to not work.
> >
> > The problem I narrowed down to the ntldr (ntloader) file. If i take
> > the windows 2000 ntldr created by a repair install and then back it up.
> Then
> > repair install xp pro and backup the Xntldr file. I have discovered that i
> can
> > get either os to boot up by restoring its own version of the ntldr file.
> >
> > I however cannot have one ntldr file boot both systems. ie it only boots
> > with its own ntldr file.
> >
> > I would expect windows 2000 ntldr to not boot xp pro but ntldr for xp
> > pro has in the past booted both systems until now.
>
> Yes, ntldr should be able to boot anything, including Linux. Do both
> W2000 and WXP have the same idea of which partition is C: ?
yes i have checked that c is the same partition in both oses.
> And what's
> in C:\boot.ini
I don thave to touch boot.ini to get anything to work so i would of thought that
would suggest that its correct. Just in case though:
[boot loader]
timeout=7
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(2)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
s:" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINDOWS="PATA Windows XP Professional F:"
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
C:\="Microsoft Windows ME"
windows 2K is the second partition.
XP is on 4th partition
thanks
Martin N
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