skuuper
asked on
Boot problem
You're gonna earn your wings on this one. Here's the background leading up to the problem:
Have been using win98. Installed winXP on same drive in new primary partition as a FAT32 (easier interfacing with win98 and all my files). Got XP set up looking and running as I wanted (after about 2 weeks), regularly swithching between the two OS's (dual booting) with no problem. Yesterday, I decided it was time to dump 98. Now the trouble starts: made XP the active partition (using Partition Magic) and rebooted as required. Whe XP boots up, this error message appears: ntldr missing. I go hunting and can't find it either, not knowing, at the time that it (along with ntdetect and boot.ini) are sitting in win98 root directory. So I can't boot either OS. I go back and reverse the process (make XP inactive, 98 active). Now 98 boots fine, but when I choose XP, I get error messages: " xmnt 2002 program not found...autochk skipped" and "autochk.exe not found...autochk skipped." These are blue screen error messages. The computer then reboots. It will continue in this endless loop, if I let it. I found the autochk.exe file, installed it in the win98 windows//system32 directory, which eliminated the latter message, but I'm still stuck with the "xmnt 2002 program missing" message. I tried correcting it thru:
1) XP cdrom restoration; 2) booting thru a floppy boot disk with the critical boot files (boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect); and 3) perform a "fixboot" thru XP recovery. none of which worked. And I found no other solutions online. I did find out, in my search into Microsoft support, that XP/FAT32, will not find ntldr. I guess I should've converted XP to NTFS before making it active. Apparently, when I made XP the active OS, it screwed up the boot system and I've been unable to correct it. In any event, I need to boot into XP. I spent too much time setting it up and fine tuning it to lose it all now. Plus, I have updated files and software in there. I don't want to have to start all over again. First one who comes up with the solution gets a new car!! (-: Honestly, I REALLY DO NEED YOUR HELP!
Have been using win98. Installed winXP on same drive in new primary partition as a FAT32 (easier interfacing with win98 and all my files). Got XP set up looking and running as I wanted (after about 2 weeks), regularly swithching between the two OS's (dual booting) with no problem. Yesterday, I decided it was time to dump 98. Now the trouble starts: made XP the active partition (using Partition Magic) and rebooted as required. Whe XP boots up, this error message appears: ntldr missing. I go hunting and can't find it either, not knowing, at the time that it (along with ntdetect and boot.ini) are sitting in win98 root directory. So I can't boot either OS. I go back and reverse the process (make XP inactive, 98 active). Now 98 boots fine, but when I choose XP, I get error messages: " xmnt 2002 program not found...autochk skipped" and "autochk.exe not found...autochk skipped." These are blue screen error messages. The computer then reboots. It will continue in this endless loop, if I let it. I found the autochk.exe file, installed it in the win98 windows//system32 directory, which eliminated the latter message, but I'm still stuck with the "xmnt 2002 program missing" message. I tried correcting it thru:
1) XP cdrom restoration; 2) booting thru a floppy boot disk with the critical boot files (boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect); and 3) perform a "fixboot" thru XP recovery. none of which worked. And I found no other solutions online. I did find out, in my search into Microsoft support, that XP/FAT32, will not find ntldr. I guess I should've converted XP to NTFS before making it active. Apparently, when I made XP the active OS, it screwed up the boot system and I've been unable to correct it. In any event, I need to boot into XP. I spent too much time setting it up and fine tuning it to lose it all now. Plus, I have updated files and software in there. I don't want to have to start all over again. First one who comes up with the solution gets a new car!! (-: Honestly, I REALLY DO NEED YOUR HELP!
On the 98 partition is the MBR and the bootstrap routine
when you boot, the bios does the POST, and then passes the boot routine to the MBR (a special part of the hard drive). the MBR tell your machine where to find the files for the next part of the boot, in a dual boot scenario, it goes to the boot.ini
this is where you get the choice between the two
If you choose XP, it goes to the ntldr, & ntdetect.com, then it goes to the OS files (located on your XP partition
If you choose 98, it loads the bootsect.dos file and then the OS (c:\windows)
by changing the active partition, now it can't find those files (the MBR doesn' t point to them anymore)
the other way would be to load in the XP cd, boot to it, and choose repair
and run fixmbr and fixboot
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058
install and use
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
when you boot, the bios does the POST, and then passes the boot routine to the MBR (a special part of the hard drive). the MBR tell your machine where to find the files for the next part of the boot, in a dual boot scenario, it goes to the boot.ini
this is where you get the choice between the two
If you choose XP, it goes to the ntldr, & ntdetect.com, then it goes to the OS files (located on your XP partition
If you choose 98, it loads the bootsect.dos file and then the OS (c:\windows)
by changing the active partition, now it can't find those files (the MBR doesn' t point to them anymore)
the other way would be to load in the XP cd, boot to it, and choose repair
and run fixmbr and fixboot
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314058
install and use
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
OK, just re-read your Q, and you have changed back
try the fixmbr and then the fixboot from the recovery console
try the fixmbr and then the fixboot from the recovery console
autochk.exe file should be in your XP directory
also see here
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0xeca8a2db8513d6118ff40090279cd0f9%2C00.html&forumId=2&admit=716493758+1070331966231+28353475
and here
http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1027465246&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxmnt%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN
it appears that your XP partiton is now hidden, you will need to use part magic (or another third party app, or linuxes grub to unhide it
also see here
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/parseCurl.do?CURL=%2Fcm%2FQuestionAnswer%2F1%2C%2C0xeca8a2db8513d6118ff40090279cd0f9%2C00.html&forumId=2&admit=716493758+1070331966231+28353475
and here
http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1027465246&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dxmnt%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN
it appears that your XP partiton is now hidden, you will need to use part magic (or another third party app, or linuxes grub to unhide it
When you load XP (and its system files) in a different partition, it still loads the boot files into the active partition, which was your W98 partition. This is called the System Partition. (The System Partition is where the boot files are located - ntldr,boot.ini, etc. - The Boot Partition is where the system files are located - Windows folder... I know this may sound confusing, but that is how they name them).
Like Steven said, XP needs these boot files to load the OS and the system looks to the active partition for them. You could try this though. Format a floppy with a XP Operating System (a must!) and copy ntldr, boot.ini, and ntdetect from your W98 partition. Then try booting from this floppy. It should boot then directly into the XP OS.
Hope this all helped.
FE
Like Steven said, XP needs these boot files to load the OS and the system looks to the active partition for them. You could try this though. Format a floppy with a XP Operating System (a must!) and copy ntldr, boot.ini, and ntdetect from your W98 partition. Then try booting from this floppy. It should boot then directly into the XP OS.
Hope this all helped.
FE
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Thanks for the quick response. It's late and I'm beat, so I'm gonna follow thru with your input tomorrow. Besides, I have some questions regarding some of your suggestions. Talk to you on Tues.... Skuuper
Good idea. The day has caught up to me too.
Night all.
FE
Night all.
FE
Why cant he just repair XP after he delete the 98 partition?
I had an experience with XP and it wont load up with missing dll and registery after I deleted ME off my Harddrive but the repair fixed the boot and all missing dlls
I had an experience with XP and it wont load up with missing dll and registery after I deleted ME off my Harddrive but the repair fixed the boot and all missing dlls
Orientgal... I believe that was what Steven was referring to... He should be able to repair it using the Recovery Console and the fixmbr/fixboot commands.
FE
FE
Morning Fatal,
No I mean a repair install of xp, unless he/she knows how to work the console but not everyone recommends unless you are comfortable.
I see you had given alot of answers, I was reading on your comments. I took some of them and shared with my fellow techies.
Not on this answer of course but others.
No I mean a repair install of xp, unless he/she knows how to work the console but not everyone recommends unless you are comfortable.
I see you had given alot of answers, I was reading on your comments. I took some of them and shared with my fellow techies.
Not on this answer of course but others.
As I am fairly new to this site (not a lot of questions answered) I am finding it quite a learning experience, and a great way to discover new things. Hopefully, I can contribute my fair share and give back some of what I take out.
Thanks for the honorable mention, Orient. I do appreciate it.
And you are right regarding the Recovery Console. It is not for the feint of heart. :)
FE
Thanks for the honorable mention, Orient. I do appreciate it.
And you are right regarding the Recovery Console. It is not for the feint of heart. :)
FE
I for myself, had experienced with the recovery console, boy you would wanna know what went wrong lol I lost so much data, I ended up reloading all my o/s, that was a tough lesson, from then on, if something is wrong, reinstall and repair instead ;)
No backups? Shame on you..:) Just kiddin, of course.
Even worse, I had to try to fix a system where the EU had gotten into the RC and could not remember what they had done. Did that ever teach him a lesson, as you can imagine. Wipe and reinstall. :)
Even worse, I had to try to fix a system where the EU had gotten into the RC and could not remember what they had done. Did that ever teach him a lesson, as you can imagine. Wipe and reinstall. :)
yes shame on me, playing with my computer and experimenting lol but it was a good lesson.
I can imagin what he had learn lol I was reading some comments last night, I was laughing so hard, people are being misguided and done worst, but good help are always good when its the right one ;)
I fixed a computer once, omg I swear I was about to tell him to get his checkbook out and find another one, he had 2/3 of his system infected with virus and trojan, after cleaning it out, come to find out, the hd was dead lol I mean bad clustersssssssss, a 40GB with only 23GB was usable, I told him get 3 when you see a good sales lol he wonders why, I told him if you wanna play dangerously atleast play safe
I can imagin what he had learn lol I was reading some comments last night, I was laughing so hard, people are being misguided and done worst, but good help are always good when its the right one ;)
I fixed a computer once, omg I swear I was about to tell him to get his checkbook out and find another one, he had 2/3 of his system infected with virus and trojan, after cleaning it out, come to find out, the hd was dead lol I mean bad clustersssssssss, a 40GB with only 23GB was usable, I told him get 3 when you see a good sales lol he wonders why, I told him if you wanna play dangerously atleast play safe
Check out the TechNet Newsgroups if you really want to get a laugh.
Got a link for that?
Sure. You will find links on the page for different areas of help needed.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgroups/NodePages/winxp.asp
But I think you will find the questions here a little more challenging.
FE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/newsgroups/default.asp?url=/technet/newsgroups/NodePages/winxp.asp
But I think you will find the questions here a little more challenging.
FE
ty ;)
btw what field are you into?
btw what field are you into?
Project Mgmt is my preference, but when I found that my techs knew more than I did, I decided to get up to speed on the technology end. Now I deal mostly with Network Administration and Security, although I assist occasionally in the training dept. of our consulting firm. I even pull wire and setup racks when the need arises. Whatever it takes, eh?
FE
FE
WOW sounds like you get your hands full all day at work and still have time to be on here, cool ;)
lol I dont work til after midnight and it sucks lol
but its a job that pays the bills, I get some crazy questions at night, one I was working on for 4 hours, come to find out she had hooked her wires up wrong and wonder why her system wasnt working OMG if it was another tech she talked to, I wouldnt wanna know what they had done with her.
lol I dont work til after midnight and it sucks lol
but its a job that pays the bills, I get some crazy questions at night, one I was working on for 4 hours, come to find out she had hooked her wires up wrong and wonder why her system wasnt working OMG if it was another tech she talked to, I wouldnt wanna know what they had done with her.
Hopefully the market will get better and we can all start making some decent $
lol I was reading on your posted question, and someone recommended ERD, good investment :) I use it
very helpful but does get myself in alot of trouble too
very helpful but does get myself in alot of trouble too
LOL
Whatever happened to Skuuper? Did you solve the problem?
Whatever happened to Skuuper? Did you solve the problem?
lol hes lost somewhere I think
hope he find his way back
Or we might have to search his HD for him lol
hope he find his way back
Or we might have to search his HD for him lol
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Boy, you've been havig a good time here. Comcast had a major hiccup and I've been unable to get online until now. I have no time to work on this stuff tonight. But I guarantee I'm gonna be hard at it in the morning (unless Comcast gets sick again). So you'll be hearing from me.
P.S. If I could climb into my HD and fix the problem, I would. I've got plenty of shovels, screwdrivers and sockets. But then I might get stuck between the partitions.
P.S. If I could climb into my HD and fix the problem, I would. I've got plenty of shovels, screwdrivers and sockets. But then I might get stuck between the partitions.
:) Good to see you back on line. We will pick it up in the AM then.
FE
BTW: Used to manage a region that included techs contracting to Comcast. Hiccup is putting it mildly.
FE
BTW: Used to manage a region that included techs contracting to Comcast. Hiccup is putting it mildly.
I hate cyber hiccups, I wonder if holding its breath works lol
Good to see you are back and up
I think Fatal got a tweezer somewhere to drag you out lol
Good to see you are back and up
I think Fatal got a tweezer somewhere to drag you out lol
skuuper, how are we doing on this?
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Time for one quick question - If I do a fixmbr (I've already tried fixboot) could that possibly stop me from booting into EITHER OS?
>If I do a fixmbr (I've already tried fixboot) could that possibly stop me from booting into EITHER OS?
no, you will still be able to boot
I still beleieve that your XP partition is now hidden
did you make the partition magic boot disks? boot to them, and see what it says about the partitons
report back to us (before the fixmbr)
no, you will still be able to boot
I still beleieve that your XP partition is now hidden
did you make the partition magic boot disks? boot to them, and see what it says about the partitons
report back to us (before the fixmbr)
all my research on "xmnt 2002 program not found" points to the XP partition being hidden
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I have partition magic boot disks for win98; did not yet make them for XP. I used those disks to inactivate XP when I initially made it the active partition. Yes, XP is still hidden. My inveistigation has led me to believe that if I make XP and 98 visible at the same time, I won't be able to boot to 98.
As per partition magic:
If your hard disk has more than one primary partition, only one is visible by default. When you use the Set Active operation, PartitionMagic unhides the selected primary partition and hides other primary partitions. While you can unhide more than one primary partition, we recommend that you do not.
You must be careful when unhiding primary partitions. In general, you should not make two primary partitions on the same physical hard disk visible at the same time, as this can cause data loss in some operating systems.
Also, why is it so critical to format an XP boot diskette wth an XP OS? Is the formatting that different from 98?
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As per partition magic:
If your hard disk has more than one primary partition, only one is visible by default. When you use the Set Active operation, PartitionMagic unhides the selected primary partition and hides other primary partitions. While you can unhide more than one primary partition, we recommend that you do not.
You must be careful when unhiding primary partitions. In general, you should not make two primary partitions on the same physical hard disk visible at the same time, as this can cause data loss in some operating systems.
Also, why is it so critical to format an XP boot diskette wth an XP OS? Is the formatting that different from 98?
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> My inveistigation has led me to believe that if I make XP and 98 visible at the same time, I won't be able to boot to 98.
Not true at all, I have 98 on my first part, XP on my "G:/" and w2003 server on my J:
and all parts are unhidden
Not true at all, I have 98 on my first part, XP on my "G:/" and w2003 server on my J:
and all parts are unhidden
Unhide it, you'll like it LOL
You can only have one active, but they need to be unhidden. that is the reason for your error
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OK! That's what I was wondering. First thing tomorrow, I'm on it. I'll be back at'cha. Thanks
Regarding formatting that floppy. This came from an article I read a couple months ago with a tip regarding creating a bootable floppy for XP. To tell you the truth, I cannot actually remember the reasoning behind using the XP OS to format, but the article stressed the fact that for this to work, you must use XP. After the format, you can copy the boot files to the floppy. I suppose I could test the theory, but since I am not running anything but XP..... :) The formatting is the same (Fat12), so I just really do not know. LOL, eh?
Hope Steven solved your problem. Sounds like he hit it squarely.
FE
Hope Steven solved your problem. Sounds like he hit it squarely.
FE
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OK Gang, here's where we are: XP is now unhidden. I performed a fixmbr and then fixboot. All boot files are where they belong (in C:\(Win 98) and the autochk.exe file is sitting in E:(WinXP)Windows\System32.
Now when I boot into XP, I get a new bluescreen message: "Partition Magic for Win2000/XP is complete. Setup is being restarted..." It will continue in an unending loop like this. I went into Partition Magic and found nothing unusual with XP settings. And yes, I can still boot to Win98. (Obviously...if I couldn't, you wouldn't be reading this note). And no I don't yet have an XP formatted boot floppy - only one formatted on 98. But I'm wondering if that's really going to help me solve the problem, anyway.
What's the next step?
Now when I boot into XP, I get a new bluescreen message: "Partition Magic for Win2000/XP is complete. Setup is being restarted..." It will continue in an unending loop like this. I went into Partition Magic and found nothing unusual with XP settings. And yes, I can still boot to Win98. (Obviously...if I couldn't, you wouldn't be reading this note). And no I don't yet have an XP formatted boot floppy - only one formatted on 98. But I'm wondering if that's really going to help me solve the problem, anyway.
What's the next step?
Regarding your problem, the floppy would not solve it. I have never had PM do that to me, so I am not sure what the problem might be, but I will give it some thought.
Hmmmmm. Steven? :)
FE
Hmmmmm. Steven? :)
FE
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I was surprised to see it too. And I'm using the latest version. At least I was able to access XP thru Explorer and move some critical data files. (Steven....Help!!) :)
I'm at work, with a very slow dial-up, but off the top of my head
try to boot to safe mode (XP) press F8 choose safe mode
If that doesn't work, from the same screen try LKG (last know good)
meanwhile when I get home, I'll research some more on this issue
try to boot to safe mode (XP) press F8 choose safe mode
If that doesn't work, from the same screen try LKG (last know good)
meanwhile when I get home, I'll research some more on this issue
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OK, I give it a shot. I'm going to be out this evening, but if you come up with anything, post it and I'll check it when I return.
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I'm back on board with XP. I'll give you the lowdown tomorrow. I've gotta go out now and won't be back till late. In the meantime, you can decide who get s the points and who gets the car. :)
Great news! You'll have to let us know what you did. As far as the points and car, that's up to you, you decide who helped the most (or split the points)
Ditto. Just glad to have you going again.
Happy Holidays, wherever you may be.
FE
Happy Holidays, wherever you may be.
FE
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Ok, here's what happened. As per Steven's suggestion, I booted up with the cd, hit F8 and then clicked on the Restore option. I don't think I did a Recover. I had tried that before and it didn't work. (But then, XP was aslo hidden at that time). It proceeded to essentially reinstall XP. Now being able to boot into XP, I found our that Drive Mapper did a pretty miserable job when I unhid XP - it didn't reset the drive letter any of my .exe files or shortcuts. Fixing that manually, while not difficult, was quite tedious. But, in any event, XP is up and running with loss of ony one relatively unimportant piece of data...so far. There could be some surprises waiting for me - Bill's software is good at that).
Now, one last question: In order to remove win98 without flotzing up XP again, should I just reformat C:(win98)? Will that automatically make E:(XP) active and reset it as the C:\ drive? Annnddd... will it then boot up properly? The three XP boot files are currently sitting in the root directory of C:\. Also, while this may be irrelevant, XP is currently formatted as FAT32. I can accomplish all of this using Partition Magic..if you thinnk that's a good idea. I can also convert XP to NTFS thru PM.
Now, one last question: In order to remove win98 without flotzing up XP again, should I just reformat C:(win98)? Will that automatically make E:(XP) active and reset it as the C:\ drive? Annnddd... will it then boot up properly? The three XP boot files are currently sitting in the root directory of C:\. Also, while this may be irrelevant, XP is currently formatted as FAT32. I can accomplish all of this using Partition Magic..if you thinnk that's a good idea. I can also convert XP to NTFS thru PM.
Looks like you are almost there!
Check here for removing the W98 OS: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285480
It is pretty simple. Just do not delete that partition, since it holds your boot files.
Editing the Boot.ini file is also pretty easy. Best way to get to it is through the System Properties > Advanced >
Startup and Recovery window. Press Edit button to view the Boot.ini file.
Let us know how it works out.
FE
Check here for removing the W98 OS: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;285480
It is pretty simple. Just do not delete that partition, since it holds your boot files.
Editing the Boot.ini file is also pretty easy. Best way to get to it is through the System Properties > Advanced >
Startup and Recovery window. Press Edit button to view the Boot.ini file.
Let us know how it works out.
FE
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Thanks...I'll be back.
Okay.. Arnold... or should I say Gov? :)
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Question: this is my boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdi
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)par
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
I should change the (2) in the 3rd and 5th lines to (1) and also delete the last line. And according the the url you referenced, the only other thing I need to do is delete the Windows (98) directory. At that point, the XP boot files, currently in C:\ will become part of XP, since, upon rebooting, XP will then become the system boot partition (that being C:\). Does this all sound right? And will I have to remap the drive or will that happen automatically? If I sound apprehensive, I am. I don't want to screw this up again.
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdi
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)par
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
I should change the (2) in the 3rd and 5th lines to (1) and also delete the last line. And according the the url you referenced, the only other thing I need to do is delete the Windows (98) directory. At that point, the XP boot files, currently in C:\ will become part of XP, since, upon rebooting, XP will then become the system boot partition (that being C:\). Does this all sound right? And will I have to remap the drive or will that happen automatically? If I sound apprehensive, I am. I don't want to screw this up again.
:)
Not quite. This is the ARC path notation and tells the boot where the system files are located. As long as you are keeping the system files (XP > \Windows) in the second partition, leave it at (2).
Delete the reference to C:\Microsoft Windows
Delete the W98 folder from C
That should do it.
FE
Not quite. This is the ARC path notation and tells the boot where the system files are located. As long as you are keeping the system files (XP > \Windows) in the second partition, leave it at (2).
Delete the reference to C:\Microsoft Windows
Delete the W98 folder from C
That should do it.
FE
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What happens on reboot, then. Is XP automatically going to appear as the C: drive? Or is it going to require another redo of the boot.ini to accomplish that?
boot.ini has nothing to do with the naming of the drives. It is just a 'locator' telling how and where to look for the OS.
After reboot, everything will (should) look the same. It should boot straight into XP. When you look at Disk Mgmt, you will see 'C' marked as the system partition, and 'D' as the boot partition. Just remember that your boot files are on C and DO NOT delete that partition.
I know that messing with this will make you hold your breath. It happens to me every time I do it (and I have done this more than a few times). Say a little prayer and push the button. :)
FE
After reboot, everything will (should) look the same. It should boot straight into XP. When you look at Disk Mgmt, you will see 'C' marked as the system partition, and 'D' as the boot partition. Just remember that your boot files are on C and DO NOT delete that partition.
I know that messing with this will make you hold your breath. It happens to me every time I do it (and I have done this more than a few times). Say a little prayer and push the button. :)
FE
I guess to answer your question... ahem
XP will actually be located on your D drive. Remember, your system files can be anywhere, it is where your boot files are located that matters.
:)
XP will actually be located on your D drive. Remember, your system files can be anywhere, it is where your boot files are located that matters.
:)
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One other thing I just thought of. I have a data partition, D: - what happens to that?
Ok.. what exactly are your partitions on Drive 0? And where is your XP system files again?
C=W98
D=?
E=?
etc.
And remember, you are not renaming or deleting any of your partitions. Just deleting the W98 folder and any reference to it in the boot.ini file.
FE
C=W98
D=?
E=?
etc.
And remember, you are not renaming or deleting any of your partitions. Just deleting the W98 folder and any reference to it in the boot.ini file.
FE
Boot to XP, right click on my computer, choose properties, click on advanced tab, startup and recovery settings, make XP the default, and set the time to "0" (zero), set the time for recovery to 30 secs
then go to c: and delete the windows directry there (this is your w98)
Do NOT format c:
If you have no programs loading from c:\program files then you can delete that too. You will have to selectively delete the folders that you don't need on the c: drive
then go to c: and delete the windows directry there (this is your w98)
Do NOT format c:
If you have no programs loading from c:\program files then you can delete that too. You will have to selectively delete the folders that you don't need on the c: drive
YOur XP will still be on E:, your data will still be on d:
YOur computer doesn't care what letters are assinged, and will be quite happy with XP on E:
YOur computer doesn't care what letters are assinged, and will be quite happy with XP on E:
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OK. But ultimately, I want XP to be my C: drive. I guess I can use PM to remap it later on.
I've gotta run, so I'll play with this tomorrow. Thanks again for the help. Talk to you later, and I get the points out to you both.
I've gotta run, so I'll play with this tomorrow. Thanks again for the help. Talk to you later, and I get the points out to you both.
You can chg drive letters via Disk Mgmt.
See ya tomorrow.
See ya tomorrow.
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I'm probably gonna take care of this stuff over the weekend. In the meantime I'll distribute points. If I can figure out how, I'm gonna add more points and distribute as follows:
Steven: 400
FE: 250
Is that OK with you?
Steven: 400
FE: 250
Is that OK with you?
If it is all right with Steven, it certainly is fine with me. He did most of the work here. I would be happy with just an assist.
The main thing is that we got your problem taken care of and that you are satisfied.
Have a great Holiday Season.
FE
The main thing is that we got your problem taken care of and that you are satisfied.
Have a great Holiday Season.
FE
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Do you know how I can add points before I split them?
Also, are you familiar with broadband telephone service?
Also, are you familiar with broadband telephone service?
I pulled this down from the FAQ page: https://www.experts-exchange.com/help.jsp#hi14
"The maximum number of points which can be offered for any question is 500 points. If more than one Expert contributes to the answer, then this total is divided by the Asker appropriately by splitting the points.
If an Expert provides extraordinary help in resolving your issue, then it is permissible to assign up to 500 additional points by creating a "Points For" question. To do this, create a new question in the same topic area with the title "Points for [ExpertName] re: Question XXXXXXXX". In the body of the new question, post the URL of the original question. Then return to the original question and post the URL of the "points for" question. "
Perhaps a moderator (or someone who has been here a while) can help you more with this...???
Regarding Broadband Telco Services, are you speaking of VOIP?
FE
"The maximum number of points which can be offered for any question is 500 points. If more than one Expert contributes to the answer, then this total is divided by the Asker appropriately by splitting the points.
If an Expert provides extraordinary help in resolving your issue, then it is permissible to assign up to 500 additional points by creating a "Points For" question. To do this, create a new question in the same topic area with the title "Points for [ExpertName] re: Question XXXXXXXX". In the body of the new question, post the URL of the original question. Then return to the original question and post the URL of the "points for" question. "
Perhaps a moderator (or someone who has been here a while) can help you more with this...???
Regarding Broadband Telco Services, are you speaking of VOIP?
FE
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Not sure what VOIP is. This is local and long distance broadband phone service as a replacement for your standard service. It's much cheaper.
Check out this site: http://vonage.com/. I've been hearing a lot about it.
Check out this site: http://vonage.com/. I've been hearing a lot about it.
VOIP=Voice over IP
For a small business (< 50 users) it works great. Have a client that uses it and they are very happy about the service. All their Internet and Phone service is handled by the same ISP, which is also nice for billing organization.
For a larger company, say 500 or more, it is not quite that simple. VOIP requires that packets do not get fragmented in the ethernet, so bandwidth may be an issue. In fact I have another client (700 users) that implemented it through a service provider and they are having a great many issues there. Fortunately, they have a good SLA (Service Level Agreement), and a nice pool of attorneys. :)
Hope this helped.
FE
For a small business (< 50 users) it works great. Have a client that uses it and they are very happy about the service. All their Internet and Phone service is handled by the same ISP, which is also nice for billing organization.
For a larger company, say 500 or more, it is not quite that simple. VOIP requires that packets do not get fragmented in the ethernet, so bandwidth may be an issue. In fact I have another client (700 users) that implemented it through a service provider and they are having a great many issues there. Fortunately, they have a good SLA (Service Level Agreement), and a nice pool of attorneys. :)
Hope this helped.
FE
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skuuper, glad it's working for you now!
FE, it was a pleasure working with you on this one
Steve
FE, it was a pleasure working with you on this one
Steve
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We'll see how things go over the weekend, flushing out 98. I don't anticipate any problems though. Thanks for your help
Enjoyed it myself, Steven. Am sure we will be working together again real soon.
Skuuper, am sure you will do just fine, but if not, come on back and we will work it through.
FE
Skuuper, am sure you will do just fine, but if not, come on back and we will work it through.
FE
yep, when you made the XP partiton active is what did it
you need to have the 98 part active
boot to a w98 boot disk, type fdisk from the prompt and make the 98 partition active