LOL

Looks like you all just helped someone with thier homework,not an actual
problem.
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

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-- Marty Feldman
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23fvX0gr5FHA.4076@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Arby,
>
>> 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.
>
> What did you change?
>
>> 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"
>
> Sounds like you are using the Win2K versions of ntldr and ntdetect.com,
> they will not recognize the WinXP installation (it didn't exist when they
> were written). Replace them with the WinXP versions.
>
> You may find it useful to boot with the WinXP CD and run bootcfg /rebuild
> from the Recovery Console.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Arby" <Arby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E162EB5-B45B-4B27-9EDB-A404C30C1A61@microsoft.com...
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
>