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| 470198 | 2006-07-12 02:08:00 | Hi I have 3 partition. C,D,E. on C drive i have winxp pro +sp2 and on d i have another setup of winxp. now i want to put server 2003 on D:\. i was thinking to choose the upgrade option while setting up. However iam not sure whether my other operating system on c:\ will be still accisible from the start menu. Btw did Win 2003 server come after Windows XP?. |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 470199 | 2006-07-12 10:00:00 | I don't think there is an upgrade path from XP (a desktop OS) to 2003 (a server OS). Just install and modfify the boot.ini file if necessary. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 470200 | 2006-07-12 13:06:00 | What i installed win2000Pro on D:\ it will obviously mess up the boot menu, XP Pro on c:\ wont be accesible anymore can this be fixed by modifying boot.ini.??? | gum digger (6100) | ||
| 470201 | 2006-07-12 21:30:00 | Yes.... www.windowsnetworking.com |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 470202 | 2006-07-13 02:27:00 | Will it matter if i have win XP sp2 installed on C:\ Btw where is the Boot Drive. i searched for the 2 files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM i found them in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386. is that it? the BootDrive? |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 470203 | 2006-07-13 03:28:00 | Will it matter if i have win XP sp2 installed on C:\ Nope, just follow the instructions on the link I gave you and then you will be able to boot into either OS. Will it matter if i have win XP sp2 installed on C:\ Btw where is the Boot Drive. i searched for the 2 files NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM i found them in C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386. is that it? the BootDrive? No, wrong ones, the files will be at C:\ you may need to turn on hidden files to see them. |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 470204 | 2006-07-13 03:35:00 | If it still won't boot after doing the above, use the rebuild option described here to fix it www.informationweek.com but the previous instructions work, I have done it many times myself. |
snoopy (74) | ||
| 470205 | 2006-07-13 05:17:00 | No, wrong ones, the files will be at C:\ you may need to turn on hidden files to see them. Its already set to show hidden files but i still dont see them?. |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 470206 | 2006-07-13 05:24:00 | My bad, try unticking hide protected operating system files, 2 items down on the same folder options list | snoopy (74) | ||
| 470207 | 2006-07-13 05:37:00 | Yep that did the trick. Now i would like to revise with i know. 1) Copy NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM on flash drive ( i dont have a floppy drive) 2) Boot using my bootable win2000 Pro cd, 3) install it on a different partition than xp ( My case its E:\ ) 4) Once installed boot into win2000 5) paste the files backed up before ( NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM ) , where? in E:\ or C:\? |
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