Dual Boot between WinXP Home and Win2003 Server
Dale Howard
I need your help. I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop with a 30 Gb primary
hard drive (internal) and a 40 Gb secondary hard drive which fits in the
module bay. Two weeks ago I had Windows 2003 Server installed on the
primary hard drive. At the time, the internal drive was the only drive
since I did not yet have the secondard drive.. For the past two weeks,
Windows 2003 Server has performed flawlessly.
Yesterday I received my secondard hard drive. I placed the drive in the
module bay, booted off the CD drive, and installed Windows XP Home Edition
on the secondary drive. The operating system software on the secondary
drive is now performing flawlessly, however, the primary drive with Windows
2003 Server will not longer boot.
When the computer begins to boot up, I get a menu that gives me a choice of
the two operating system, with the option to press F8 for advanced options.
I have tried a Safe Mode boot on the Windows 2003 Server drive, and the
files begin loading until the file called "crcdisk.sys" loads, and then the
system hangs entirely. I am at a loss on how to proceed, since I need to be
able to use both of these drives for my work. Any advice you an offer would
be most appreciated. Thanks a million!
Dale Howard
Enterprise Project Consultant/Trainer
Denver, Colorado
Dale Howard
I forgot to mention that when I boot from the Windows XP secondard drive
(listed as drive E:) I can see the contents of the primary drive (listed as
drive C:), if that makes any difference. Thank!
Dale Howard
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Kristofer Gafvert
The installation of Windows XP replaced a few files that are neccessary to
be able to boot into Windows Server 2003. What you have to do is repair the
Windows Server 2003 installation, or replace the files ntdetect.com and
ntldr with those on the Windows Server 2003 CD (the first option is the most
simple one to do).
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Dale Howard
Thank you for the quick reply! I'll give it a try.
Dale Howard
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Dale Howard
I am "blanking out" on exactly how to repair the installation of Windows
2003 Server, as you have suggested. I have booted off the Windows 2003
Server CD and have run the Recovery Console, but I do not understand the
various commands that are available there. I am not sure which command to
use, if any, and how to use it exactly to repair the problem.
I am sorry to ask further, but simply do not have the in-depth knowledge
about operating systems to help me solve this problem. Can you help me
further with how to repair the installation?
Also, on the Windows 2003 Server CD, there is a file called ntdetect.com but
I cannot find any file named ntldr. Otherwise, I could just copy these
files to my Windows XP drive, which is where I assume they would go. Please
correct me if I am misunderstanding the directions in your help message.
Thanks in advance for any additional help you can give me. As one who
regularly answers questions in the Microsoft Project newsgroups, I am
painfully aware of the problems that people get themselves into, and also
know how helpful is the advice of industry professionals. Thanks!
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Dale A. Howard
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
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"We wrote the book on Project Server"
"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgaf...@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
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Kristofer Gafvert
Start Windows XP
Insert the Windows Server 2003 CD
Go to the folder: X:\I386 where X: is the drive letter of your CD-ROM.
Find the files ntdetect.com and ntldr (yes they are there, i just checked).
Copy these files.
Paste the files to the boot drive (most likely C:)
Answer yes to the question "do you really want to replace this file"
Reboot the computer and start Windows Server 2003.
Just performed these steps, and it works just fine.
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Dale Howard
Thank you once again for your prompt answer to my question of desperation!
I did not know the solution was so simple. I am now able to boot my Windows
2003 Server drive and am back in business because of you!
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Ken Awamura
Reading this post I believe that the doubt I have may have an answer also,
so I decided to post it here.
I installed Win Server 2003 following the instructions from article HOW TO:
Start Setup from MS-DOS in Windows Server 2003 : 810562 [
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810562 ] [ because
ny Cdrom doesn´t boot ] and it just did allright. But I would like to know
one thing : I´m not sure whether it´s a configurable thing in
winServer2003 or not : when I turn on my PC with winServer2003, before it
shows the winServer2003 logo, it asks whether I want to start winServer2003
or Another OS in the C: Of course I always choose to start winServer2003
since I don´t have any other OS installed. The annoying thing of it is that
everytime I turn on the PC I have to press 'enter' or wait for the default
20~30 seconds in order to boot. Is it possible to bypass it?
Kind regards,
Ken Awamura
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Kristofer Gafvert
Right click "My Computer" and click Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab, and for "Startup and Recovery", click the
Settings button.
From there you can select which one is the default to boot, and how long it
should wait before starting the default one (or if you want to start it
directly).
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Kristofer Gafvert
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