Steve N. wrote:
> a wrote:
>
>> Single harddisk, 2 partitions.
>> Thanks
>
>
> Ok. That may make a difference, but we really need to figure out why the
> Win2K CD won't boot in your box. Will it boot in another machine? Will
> an XP CD boot in your machine? Will any bootable CD boot in your
> machine? If not have you checked the CDROM drive cabling and jumpering
> or substituted another CDROM drive?
>
> Steve N.
As a test last night I installed Win2K on the second partition of a disk
with WinXP already on the first partition. Backing up and copying back
the WinXP ntldr, netdetect.com and boot.ini files was all that was
necessary. Otherwise it was a piece of cake.
I am certain that there is something wrong with your CDROM drive or your
Win2K CD if it won't boot.
Steve N.
>
>>
>> "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>
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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
>>>>>> |>>
>>>>>> |>>
>>>>>> |>>
>>>>>> |>> -- |>> Time Wasting Sites on the Net
>>>>>> |>> http://freebies.about.com/od/710/tp/timewasting.htm
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