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Can't boot WIN XP

Can't boot WIN XP

Post by news.verizon.ne » Wed, 28 May 2003 11:26:23



I have a dual-boot of WIN XP and WIN 2000.  XP is on drive C and 2000 is on
D and E.  WIN 2000 boots just fine but when I try to boot WIN XP all I get
is an error msg that the following file is missing or corrupted:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd.  What is the file?  Is it part of XP or
WIN 2000?

Can anyone help me with what to do about this?  At first, the dual boot
worked just fine both ways, but then only WIN 2000 would come up.  That is
where I'm sending this post from now.

As always, any help will be greatly appreciated.

 
 
 
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Can't boot WIN XP

Post by Bjorn Landemo » Thu, 29 May 2003 04:35:07


Try copying the files ntldr and ntdetect.com from your XP CD to C:\. You
probably installed older versions of those files over your XP ones. The
older files thinks that they are booting Win2000, but doesn't understand
the registry file format of XP.

Best regards

Bjorn
--

Microsoft MVP - Windows Server Networking


>I have a dual-boot of WIN XP and WIN 2000.  XP is on drive C and 2000 is on
>D and E.  WIN 2000 boots just fine but when I try to boot WIN XP all I get
>is an error msg that the following file is missing or corrupted:
>\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMd.  What is the file?  Is it part of XP or
>WIN 2000?

>Can anyone help me with what to do about this?  At first, the dual boot
>worked just fine both ways, but then only WIN 2000 would come up.  That is
>where I'm sending this post from now.

>As always, any help will be greatly appreciated.


 
 
 
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I did a really stupid thing. I installed Win XP as an upgrade on a Win98
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Is there any way I can trick the machine into starting up DOS in Win98?
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