Thank you. Seeing as how it is late in the evening, I will give your
instructions a try in the morning. Will reply either way.

"Dixonian69" wrote:

> Well, if you have 2 physical HDDs, check to make sure that:
> HD with 2000 is connected to middle connector on same ribbon as XP HD,
> and jumpers is set to slave.
>
> Save a copy of boot.ini file first.
> Then edit boot.ini file accordingly:
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional"
> /fastdetect
>
> I changed disk(x) value from 1 to 0 and
> changed rdisk(x) value from 0 to 1
>
> Also, Verify Computer BIOS to boot first to HD(0).
>
> If you had used msconfig to check for valid boot paths, it should've
> identified Win 2000 as faulty enrty in boot.ini file.
>
> This should work.
>
> If you have both OS on same HD, this boot.ini file is wrong. Will have to
> alter.
> Let me know!
>
> --
> Dennis S.
> I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.
>
>
> "Arby" wrote:
>
> > Have 2 drives. one is XP, the other is Windows 2000 pro.
> > Was able to select OS during boot-up before. No longer able to.
> >
> > Get this message if I try to select the other OS if XP is the Master drive.
> > " Windows could not start because of a Computer Disk Configuration problem"
> > "Could not read from the selected drive, Check Boot Path and Disk Hardware"
> >
> > Copy of the boot.ini files is:
> >
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=7
> > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
> > Edition" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
> > multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional"
> > /fastdetect
> >
> > Can someone help?
> >