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Wed Oct 18 16:52:51 CDT 2006
Alright!!! I'm back in business. YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!
Now, should I tempt faith and try to install Vista... :-).
Thanks for the great help,
Diego
"John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
news:ucSvc$u8GHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You will find them in the :\I386 file on the install CD make sure
> you are set to show system files when you do your search.
>
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> "D. Castano" <dcastano3@comcat.net> wrote in message
> news:LtadnVIQpJ6DHqvYnZ2dnUVZ_oednZ2d@comcast.com...
>> All,
>>
>> Does it make a difference that I have an AMD-based machine? I say this
>> because when I go look for the ntldr and ntdetect.com files on the root
>> directory of my XP 64bit drive the files are just not there. I did find
>> them on the XP 32 drive. I also looked in the XP64 bit install CD like
>> John suggested and could not find them.
>>
>> I followed Charlie's steps on his blog but when I got to the "copy nt*.*
>> c:\" I couldn't go on because the files are just not there.
>>
>> Diego.
>>
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
>> news:F645FF50-7E38-4BB7-BD91-9A239E8157D4@microsoft.com...
>>> that's the one, yes. thanks.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie.
>>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>
>>>
>>> "John Barnes" <jbarnes@email.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OQOjsmq8GHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Using the bootcfg /rebuild command will allow the system to rebuild
>>>> the boot.ini with the ARC paths the way windows sees them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>> news:94986F1F-3862-423A-9511-B4D554D162A9@microsoft.com...
>>>>> You need to:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.) copy the nt* files from the root directory of the drive that has
>>>>> the
>>>>> x64 boot on it, into the root drive of your 32-bit boot.
>>>>> 2.) edit the boot.ini file on the 32-bit boot drive to add a second
>>>>> line
>>>>> to point to your 64bit install.
>>>>>
>>>>> The second one can be a bit tricky, you need to figure out what
>>>>> Windows
>>>>> would call that drive and partition. It will probably be something
>>>>> like:
>>>>> multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP x64 Edition",
>>>>> but I don't know unless I know what your hard drives are, what the
>>>>> order
>>>>> of them is, and what partitions are on them. A sometimes easier way
>>>>> is
>>>>> to use the fixboot command, as described in my blog on multi-boot.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>>
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "D. Castano" <dcastano3@comcat.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:N4KdnZNcPefuLajYnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After all the dual boot instructions you guys have posted, I managed
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> mess up my computer anyway. Maybe one of you will help me if I
>>>>>> promise
>>>>>> to follow directions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I started with XP64. Then I brought an old drive that had XP32 on
>>>>>> it,
>>>>>> reinstalled the system to try to get a dual boot (I know I shouldn't
>>>>>> have done that but I was in a hurry and needed to get XP32 working)
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> it seemed to have worked...but not really. I got a dual boot alright
>>>>>> but now the XP32 works and the XP64 doesn't. When I select XP64 I
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> the following message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or
>>>>>> corrupt:
>>>>>> <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
>>>>>> please reinstall a copy of the above file
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not even sure where I would find this file to copy. Yeah, I know
>>>>>> that I should know but I just don't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I try to start from the XP64 CD, I end up on a C:\WINDOWS>
>>>>>> prompt
>>>>>> with little indication as to what to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The machine works fine on XP32 but I would like to get my XP64 back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone, anyone?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Diego
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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