a wrote:

> 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

Is this a system with two physical hard disks or a single hard disk with
two partitions?

Steve N.

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> "Steve N." <me@here.now>
> ???????:jtGuf.5639$nu6.1665@newsread1.news.pas.ear thlink.net...
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>>Trax wrote:
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>>> "a" <a@mail.com> wrote:
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>>>|>I have a concern here.
>>>|>The boot sector of XP in C: originally is replaced by the boot sector
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> of W2K
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>>>|>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.
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>>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.
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>>Other, non-MS OSes (such as Linux) can install a bootloader to the
>>actual MBR, but that is not appliable here.
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>>>|>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.
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>>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.
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>>>|>"Trax" <Pennywise@DerryMaine.Gov>
>>>|>???????:v4elr1di6prtpufsc7vb871o8b0ronsett@4a x.com...
>>>|>> "a" <a@mail.com> wrote:
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>>>|>> |>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
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>>>|>> |>prevent disaster.
>>>|>> |>Please comment it if I am wrong.
>>>|>> |>1> backup the NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR (WinXP version) from c:\ to
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> floppy.
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>>>|>> |>2> install W2K server to a D: drive which is NTFS. (created in
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> advance)
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>>>|>> |>3> boot from W2K server
>>>|>> |>4> overwrite the (W2K version) NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR by the
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> backuped
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>>>|>> |>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
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> WinXP
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>>>|>> |>
>>>|>> |>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
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> up
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>>>|>> the MBR before installing W2K, just incase.
>>>|>> http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/mbrtool.htm
>>>|>>
>>>|>>
>>>|>>
>>>|>> --
>>>|>> Time Wasting Sites on the Net
>>>|>> http://freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.htm
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