Dual boot WinME & WinXPhome problem
I have WinME (C:) and WinXP (F:) installeted on my computer. Everything was OK until few days ago WinME started bugging and freezing my system (probably some virus). I formatted C: drive and installed WinME on it.
I have WinME (C:) and WinXP (F:) installeted on my computer. Everything was OK until few days ago WinME started bugging and freezing my system (probably some virus). I formatted C: drive and installed WinME on it. Now I cannot boot into WinXP home. Later I figured that I forgot to backup boot.ini file.
Can you tell me what should I do. I do not wanna reinstall WinXPhome, because I don't have all drivers for it. Can you tell me where can I find missing files (boot.ini and others if needed) or how can I make them myself.
Thanks for help in advance.
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Dalibor
Can you tell me what should I do. I do not wanna reinstall WinXPhome, because I don't have all drivers for it. Can you tell me where can I find missing files (boot.ini and others if needed) or how can I make them myself.
Thanks for help in advance.
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Dalibor
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1) Configure your computer to boot from the CD drive. This is done in the BIOS, or your computer may offer the option at startup if it detects a bootable CD. Consult your computer's manual for more information. If your computer does not support booting from CD-Rom, you should also be able to boot with a 98/Me Startup disk, and run WINNT.EXE from the I386 folder of your XP CD.
2) Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
3) You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
4) You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter to your XP installation.
5) You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter (This is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password).
6) At the drive:/Windows prompt, type BOOTCFG /REBUILD. This will recreate the boot.ini file.
* Prompt for the identified versions of Windows installed. When you receive this prompt press Y if the bootcfg command properly identified each of the Windows operating systems installed on the computer.
* Prompt to enter the load identifier: This is the name of the operating system for the boot.ini. For example "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition".
* Prompt to Enter OS load options: When this prompt is received, type /fastdetect to automatically detect the available options.
7) Type: (replace the E: to your CD/DVD drive where the XP CD is)
copy E:\i386\ntldr C:\
and:
copy E:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\
8) Type FIXBOOT (Writes a new partition boot sector to the system partition).
9) Type FIXMBR (Repairs the master boot record of the boot disk).
10) When finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.
Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive in BIOS, if necessary.
You will now get the XP Boot loader.
2) Insert your XP CD and boot from it.
3) You'll see some files being copied, then you'll be presented with a choice of installing or repairing an existing installation. Choose Repair.
4) You'll be asked which XP installation you want to log into. Enter to your XP installation.
5) You'll be prompted for the Administrator password. For Home, the default password is blank, so just hit Enter (This is not the same as the password for an Admin level account. It must be the Administrator account password).
6) At the drive:/Windows prompt, type BOOTCFG /REBUILD. This will recreate the boot.ini file.
* Prompt for the identified versions of Windows installed. When you receive this prompt press Y if the bootcfg command properly identified each of the Windows operating systems installed on the computer.
* Prompt to enter the load identifier: This is the name of the operating system for the boot.ini. For example "Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition".
* Prompt to Enter OS load options: When this prompt is received, type /fastdetect to automatically detect the available options.
7) Type: (replace the E: to your CD/DVD drive where the XP CD is)
copy E:\i386\ntldr C:\
and:
copy E:\i386\ntdetect.com C:\
8) Type FIXBOOT (Writes a new partition boot sector to the system partition).
9) Type FIXMBR (Repairs the master boot record of the boot disk).
10) When finished, remove the XP CD and type EXIT and the machine will reboot.
Reconfigure your computer to boot from the hard drive in BIOS, if necessary.
You will now get the XP Boot loader.
