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Thread ID: 74733 2006-12-03 08:58:00 Windows 2000 - unable to dual boot with any NT based OS Morgenmuffel (187) Press F1
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503966 2006-12-03 08:58:00 Hi all

OK I am utterly stumped here, I have win 2000 installed and I wish to dual boot it with Vista, but everytime I try I get an error along the lines of

\windows\system32\winload.exe - is missing or corrupt

Which i know is incorrect

I have previously tried to dual boot with 2000 and XP but i got an error message about
hal.dll - is missing or corrupt


as well as trying windows 2000 and windows 2003 server and got an error about

ntkernel (I think) - is missing or corrupt

Now i don't believe that all my install disks are poked, i reckon it has something to do with the bootloaders, but i have triple checked the boot.ini files and they are always exactly what they should be

Is there a step I am missing before i try installing the second OS

I am installing the second OS to the first partition of the second harddrive

Do I have to do something to the harddrive to make it work

And i know this is different but I have often had my system dualbooting with linux

Where does vista store it's boot file and paths

Any help would be appreciated
Morgenmuffel (187)
503967 2006-12-03 10:56:00 Hmmm

Greetings from Vista, i installed it on a new partition on my primary hardrive and everything worked perfectly

Any ideas why the install wouldn't work when aimed at the secondry harddrive?
Morgenmuffel (187)
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