Trax wrote:

> "a" <a@mail.com> wrote:
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> |>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
>
> You can copy your i386, support directories and all start up files to
> your hard drive and install from there.
>
> Boot up into XP, run your W2K startup, clean install, select you will
> pick which partition to install it to, and it does the rest.

That's not going to work. You cannot run setup for a previous version of
Windows from within XP. You will ge the same error the OP got.

>
> I've done this before,

Really?

> after you install W2K, you will not be able to
> boot into XP, until you copy the files you have set aside for this.

The only way I can see to do this is if the OP can boot the 2K CD, which
he can't ATM. We need to trouble-shoot that problem 1st.

And as I said before, the only truly reliable way to dual boot 2K and XP
is to install 2K first, then XP. Yes, I have read articles on how to do
it other way `round, but as we can see, it's a bit of a crap-shoot,
isn't it?

Steve N.

>
> |>"Steve N." <me@here.now>
> |>???????:jtGuf.5639$nu6.1665@newsread1.news.pas.e arthlink.net...
> |>> 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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