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| Thread ID: 73884 | 2006-11-04 11:23:00 | Unable to install XP to dual boot with 2K | Morgenmuffel (187) | Press F1 |
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| 496371 | 2006-11-04 11:23:00 | Hi all Trying to install XP in a dual boot with windows 2K When the XP setup reboots I keep getting the "hal.dll is corrupt or missing" error I have tried reinstalling XP dozens of times as well as putting the XP cd in and going to the recovery console and doing the following Attrib -H -R -S C:\Boot.ini DEL C:\Boot.ini BootCfg /Rebuild Fixboot but it makes no difference I have followed the instructions from these 2 sites, but can't get past this error www.informationweek.com www.kellys-korner-xp.com This is what my boot.ini file looks like [boot loader] timeout=1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /Fastdetect Both harddrives are on the same controller 2k is the master XP is the slave and both are on the first partition of their respective harddrive This may be important, I tried disconnecting the win2k drive and installing XP to the second drive, but when the setup rebooted it came up with misssing file system Any help would be appreciated, This was supposed to be a quick install at about 4PM today, now i am hitting the hay and hoping you wise people have an idea |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 496372 | 2006-11-04 14:55:00 | you only appear from your boot.ini file to have ONE partition......you NEED to have TWO partitions to dual boot.......you will need to install the 2nd o/s to the 2nd partition.......what's happening is that the hal.dll is getting overwritten by the 2nd o/s.......repartition the drive then it'll be fine.... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 496373 | 2006-11-04 14:56:00 | oh sorry it's too early in the day Ive misread it.........well anyway try it .....you should find it works well it always has for me..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 496374 | 2006-11-04 19:23:00 | I still don't know what an rdisk is. Can't help. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 496375 | 2006-11-05 01:48:00 | Drcspy - you have lost me there nigel.geek.nz that is what my harddrive layout looks like, (or at least would look like if XP would install properly) rdisk is the disk number on the adapter (controller) so it would be "0" for the first disk and "1" for the second disk |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 496376 | 2006-11-12 06:25:00 | Hmm I am still having this problem does anyone here dual boot windows 2K and windows XP on separate harddrives that are on the same controller If this is you could you post your boot.ini file for me to look at Cheers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 496377 | 2006-11-12 18:47:00 | Mines exactly the same so it should work- [boot loader] timeout=1 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows 2000" /Fastdetect |
maverickoc (7240) | ||
| 496378 | 2006-11-13 01:45:00 | Drat well that proves it's not the boot.ini, well that means i am officially stumped Cheers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 496379 | 2006-11-13 01:52:00 | I have no personal experience with your situation, but I have found that dual booting XP and Vista is not hard (on the same HDD), although I have only managed to do it correctly on the same HDD (different partitions) and that works... but with the same thing as you (diff HDD on same cont) I was unable to, I had Vista installed, went to install XP on a slave HDD and when the reboot for XP came during the setup I got a message saying "disk read error press control alt delete to restart" and I can't boot into Vista now... so I am unable to really help, I just thought I would share my personal experisnce | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
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