Anton
Sat May 10 16:51:06 PDT 2008
First part ok.
Copy from XP even if its starting with W2k on C?
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> skrev i meddelandet
news:O7iNKNnsIHA.1952@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> The Active partition flag can be set with a Windows 98 boot diskette and
> the fdisk utility, Windows 98 boot diskettes are available on the
> Bootdisk.com site. You can also do this with third party tools like
> BootItNG by TeraByte Unlimited.
>
> If you have a floppy drive you can make an XP/NT boot floppy diskette
> and try to boot the Windows installations with it. Remember to use the
> Windows XP version of the ntldr & NTDETECT.COM files to create the
> floppy diskette. Also, the floppy diskette must contain an NT boot
> sector, it *must* be formatted with Windows NT/2000/XP, if you format it
> with DOS or Windows 9x the diskette will fail to boot Windows 2000/XP.
>
>
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/ntboot/
>
> John
>
> Anton wrote:
>
> > See in-line:
> >
> > "John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:uenGGkmsIHA.4912@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >
> >>See in-line:
> >>
> >>Anton wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>When XP wasnt working I'd set it active via w2k, then nothing worked,
> >>>deactive without an OS now?
> >>
> >>Don't change the Active (System) partition! It will only add confusion
> >>to the mix, return the active partition status flag to the original
> >>active partition.
> >>
> >
> > How can it be done without an OS?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>XP repair doesnt work, from another Bootdisk it says hal.dll is a
> >
> > problem.
> >
> >>What "other Bootdisk" do you mean? To do a repair install of Windows XP
> >>you have to use a real Windows XP cd. What is this other boot disk that
> >>you speak of?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > From bootdisk.com got beyond the black screen and says hal.dll is
> > missing/corrupt
> > Otherwise I use the XP CD.
> >
> >
> >>>I'll try to copy an Hal and then check boot.ini.
> >>
> >>Make sure that the partition containing the boot.ini file is the Active
> >>partition. Post the contents of the boot.ini file here.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Where do I find it without an OS?
> > Then I'll try to copy to a floppy.
> >
> > On Logon it is
> > 1E Winnt
> > 2C XP
> > 3M,4H and 5G Winnt
> >
> > Bootcfg scan has 1-4 without xp!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> skrev i meddelandet
> >>>news:ubIuo4gsIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>We don't know how your dual boot is setup, in particular we don't know
> >>>>how your partitions are setup and which one is the Active (system)
> >>>>partition. Please keep the following in mind:
> >>>>
> >>>>1- If you set up your dual boot by following the typical Microsoft
> >>>>instructions Windows 2000 will be installed on the Active (System)
> >>>>partition. The shared system files Boot.ini, NTDETECT.COM & ntldr
will
> >>>>also be in the root folder on this partition.
> >>>>
> >>>>2- The Windows 2000 version of the shared files NTDETECT.COM & ntldr
> >>>>cannot boot a Windows XP installation, the Windows XP version of those
> >>>>files are aware of Windows 2000 and can boot the older operating
system.
> >>>> If you do an in-place upgrade (repair install) of Windows 2000 after
> >>>>XP is installed it will replace the XP version of the files with the
> >>>>older Windows 2000 versions. After the repair you have to replace
those
> >>>>files with the XP versions, the files can be extracted from the
Windows
> >>>>XP cd.
> >>>>
> >>>>3- More often than not the hal.dll is missing error message isn't
> >>>>caused by a missing hal.dll, it is usually caused by an incorrect ARC
> >>>>path in the boot.ini file, the line used to boot Windows XP points to
> >>>>the wrong location of the installation on the hard disk.
> >>>>
> >>>>John
> >>>>
> >>>>Anton wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Repair worked in W2k but not in XP now, like when hal.dll is missing,
> >>>>>option invisible. Chkdsk /r, fixboot and fixmbr didnt help. Should I
> >>>
> >>>perhaps
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>act as if hal.dll is missing?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"db.·.. > ` .. ." <))) ·databaseben.public.newsgroup.microsoft.com>
> >>>
> >>>skrev i
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>meddelandet news:eDHuhkWsIHA.3604@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>there is a repair
> >>>>>>option provided
> >>>>>>via the windows
> >>>>>>xp setup cd.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>the repair option
> >>>>>>will replace and
> >>>>>>repair corrupted
> >>>>>>or missing system
> >>>>>>files.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>the repair option
> >>>>>>will preserve your
> >>>>>>windows and file
> >>>>>>system.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug9
> >
> >>>>>2.mspx
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>---------------------------
> >>>>>>if you use the other
> >>>>>>option involving
> >>>>>>reinstallation, then
> >>>>>>this option will install
> >>>>>>windows and overwrite
> >>>>>>your system files and
> >>>>>>basically wipe away
> >>>>>>your customization.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>----------------------------
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>however, there is also
> >>>>>>the option to use the
> >>>>>>recovery console via
> >>>>>>the windows cd.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>with this option you
> >>>>>>can access the disk and
> >>>>>>perhaps run a chkdsk and
> >>>>>>a fixboot command in
> >>>>>>the hope that this would
> >>>>>>be an easier way to go:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"Anton" <nosp@m.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:eF5qwcWsIHA.552@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>XP and W2k doesnt boot, I get a black screen and tested
> >
> > reinstallation.
> >
> >>>>>Got
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>a Warning and stopped, it will wipe out all old files, is that true
> >>>
> >>>when
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>I'm
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>not formatting again?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >
> >