Single harddisk, 2 partitions.
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"Steve N." <me@here.now>
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> 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.
>
> >
> > "Steve N." <me@here.now>
> > ???????:jtGuf.5639$nu6.1665@newsread1.news.pas.ear thlink.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@4a x.com...
> >>>|>> "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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