I have set the BIOS to boot from CDROM as the first priority.
I expect the system will prompt me to press any key to boot from CDROM, but
it doesnt.
It just go straight to boot the XP.
What should I do to correct it?
Thanks

"Steve N." <me@here.now>
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> Trax wrote:
>
> > "a" <a@mail.com> wrote:
> >
> > |>I have a concern here.
> > |>The boot sector of XP in C: originally is replaced by the boot sector
of W2K
> > |>server.
> > |>Will this be a problem?
> >
> > Both will write to the MBR, if there is a problem replacing a back'd
> > up copy of the MBR is just quicker if a problem is encounter'd.
>
> If they are two physical drives the 2K install shouldn't touch the MBR
> of the 1st drive when installing to the second disk, but it will
> overwrite ntldr, ntdetect.com and boot.ini on C: with its version of
> them. That's why the best way to create dual boot XP & 2K is to install
> 2K first, then XP. Still, I agree that backing up the MBR is not a bad
> move anyway. I've used a simple program named boot.com for this, but
> it's difficult to find on the net anymore. Even if drive C: and D: are
> two partitions on the same physical drive the MBR is generic for all
> Windows versions since W98, so it shouldn't really matter. What does
> matter is ntldr, boot.ini and ntdtecet.com. In the end you want the XP
> versions of these files on C:, however that is accomplished.
>
> Other, non-MS OSes (such as Linux) can install a bootloader to the
> actual MBR, but that is not appliable here.
>
> >
> > |>There are 2 files involve in this procedure.
> > |>NTLDR (Loader) and NTDETECT.COM
> > |>what are they and what are the functions of them?
> >
> > One is called to run from the MBR and the other reads the boot.ini and
> > loads windows. Google would explain them better.
>
> Ntldr is the boot loader, it starts the file system, reads boot.ini then
> starts ntdetect.com that does basic hardware and hardware profile
> detection. Ntldr then starts ntoskrnl.exe and provides it with
> information obtained from Ntdetect.com.
>
> Steve N.
>
> >
> > |>"Trax" <Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov>
> > |>???????:v4elr1di6prtpufsc7vb871o8b0ronsett@4ax.c om...
> > |>> "a" <a@mail.com> wrote:
> > |>>
> > |>> |>I would like to install w2k server on my WinXP installed system.
> > |>> |>I come up with a procedure by gooling and I need some confirmation
to
> > |>> |>prevent disaster.
> > |>> |>Please comment it if I am wrong.
> > |>> |>1> backup the NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR (WinXP version) from c:\ to
floppy.
> > |>> |>2> install W2K server to a D: drive which is NTFS. (created in
advance)
> > |>> |>3> boot from W2K server
> > |>> |>4> overwrite the (W2K version) NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR by the
backuped
> > |>> |>NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR(WinXP version)
> > |>> |>5> modify the boot.ini, append the entry for WinXP.
> > |>> |>6> reboot -> then we can have a menu for selecting W2K server or
WinXP
> > |>> |>
> > |>> |>Does the above procedure correct?
> > |>> |>Thanks a lot
> > |>> |>
> > |>>
> > |>> Sounds good, the boot.ini should update itself.
> > |>>
> > |>> Since your using a floppy you might take the extra step of backing
up
> > |>> the MBR before installing W2K, just incase.
> > |>> http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm
> > |>>
> > |>>
> > |>>
> > |>> --
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> > |>> http://freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.htm
> > |>
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> >
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