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so what happened to boot time in XP?
However, it failed, leaving me unable to boot back into Windows. 2) Used Recovery Console, FIXBOOT to get Windows working. Appearred to work 3) ...until I remove the XP boot CD from the drive It appears something Ghost has done is making XP look for certain boot files on another volume (my CD-ROM) instead of from

Info on XP boot files
How do I make sure xp gets loaded on the E drive. I would start with Win98se already installed. You can start XP setup from within Win98. When asked if you want to upgrade or perform a clean install, choose clean install. Later in setup, you will be asked where to install XP - select your E: drive. The XP boot

Win98SE w/ XP SP2 - bootsect.dos error
To fix your XP boot, boot your PC with your XP CD and do a repair install. This will fix the inability to boot XP. -- Tom Porterfield Windows XP / Smart Display MVP http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only. "errol" <errolc...@hotmail.com> wrote in message

Uninstall XP-Pro from Dual Boot (NT4.0)
The idea of losing XP just becase I want to replace 98se with 8.2 on my main HDD is something I don't want to happen and I don't understand why it should. Surely the exp you give is one of a few exceptions ? Also can XP boot up with no boot.ini as once the c drive has been reformatted There wont be nowt on it of

OK to install 8.2 on a dual boot system with XP ?
I said to myself, "self, *name-brand PC's* tech staff knows what you know about making XP boot on vastly different kinds of hardware". It simplifies their tech support load, plain and simple. So what is the secret to making XP boot on a variety of machines? The Secret: The answer starts with understanding why XP

Windows XP Boot manager
On rebooting after completion it wouldn't boot from the hard drive, but if I changed the boot sequence to cd-rom, then H/D and left the win XP cd in it would boot up fine as long as I didn't select the "press any key to boot from cd" bios message when it detected the win XP cd. So... how do i get XP to boot from

XP Boot CD
The six boot floppies just take you through the initial setup process exactly the same as the process that runs from the CD. So what sort of boot CD are you trying to make ? One that does the same job as the boot floppies?- that would be the Windows XP CD ROM. Are you actually asking if you can make an entire

Dual boot XP & XP
sqr s...@sqr.sqr alt os windows-xp Is there any way to boot into the dos-emulation No... like booting from the CD and going to the repair-function. go here... http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm Maybe even add it to boot.ini? install the Windows XP recovery console.. Can it run batch files?

xp boot?
For DOS boot disks, see www.bootdisk.com for the files needed to create one. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310994 Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com

GRUB optimal dual xp boot setup
(groups trimmed again) This is what you wrote: " Been trying to print a Text file using a XP Dos boot Floppy..." lets stop right there. There is no such thing as an XP DOS boot floppy. There is a set of bootable floppys you can make, to provide CD-ROM support so that you can install XP. That is all. ie one bootable

XP boot floppy works, but can't fix disk
Thorsten Matzner tmatz...@gmx.net microsoft public windowsxp configuration_manage "Pete" <anonym...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: Goal: go to single XP boot from dual boot configuration Situation: Started with 98 on drive c. Installed XP on drive D with dual boot option. How do I go to a single boot for XP?

Can I dual boot XP & Win98se from two partitions?
(Change the boot order in your BIOS settings to boot from the CD drive first.) If you wish to install XP on a system that can't boot from its CD drive, you can create a set of (six) setup floppies: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994 "Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks" HTH.

XP boot.ini: Can't find my win2000 disk
Es decir, tendremos: C:\ C:\XP C:\XP\BOOT C:\XP\CD C:\XP\XP-SP2 3) Copiamos el contenido entero del CD original de Windows XP a la carpeta C:\XP\CD 4) Copiamos el Service Pack2 (xpsp2.exe) a la carpeta C:\XP 5) Abrimos una ventana de comandos (cmd.exe). Vamos a funcionar desde ahora con comandos desde dicha carpeta

Cómo crear un CD de Windows XP SP2 -INTEGRADO Y ...
Following Cloudbuilder's lead, I used the dd command to save off a copy of the original GRUB MBR prior to the Win XP reinstall, and write it out onto a floppy. Essentially, I created a GRUB boot floppy. HOURS later, when the dust settled and Win XP was happily booting again, secure in the knowledge that it was the

Win2k and XP boot problems
My second question concerns the boot loader. I was using PQ BootMagic (7.0) before. When I fire up BM now I can only choose one OS, which is Win 2000/NT/XP located on partition ONE. So it seems like the XP bootloader installed itself in the Win98 partition. Is there a way to remove the XP boot loader which allows

Dual boot 2000 Pro and XP Pro
I have a system with Windows XP Professional installed on D: and 98 installed on C: on partitions of the same harddrive. It used the XP boot menu (boot loader), which XP created during its install. Now: a couple weeks ago I copied everything to a new harddrive I bought. Since XP wasn't working too well anymore,

XP Pro and Red Hat 8.0 dual boot
Great my Grub boot menu appears and I can select the default Linux entry and my Linux boots great and it looks like the Linux clone is perfect. Reboot and select Windows to try the Windows XP boot and it just hangs. Darn! I guess that Norton Ghost didn't quite clone that partition quite right.

How to fix lost Windows XP Boot Sector (or Boot Menu)??
What if one has a oem copy of XP and wants something to boot with that has a copy of the repair console . Is this possible. Jym If you have an OEM product then the OEM provided you with a method of restoring your machine to as shipped from factory state. If your system requires a Repair then the OEM supplied method

Windows 98/Windows XP Dual Boot Menu Lost
Grub can still see and boot from an inactive partition but the partition needs to be marked as active in order for the BIOS/computer to boot from it. Find a way to make the partition active. An easy way is to use GRUB from the command line or boot-floppy and boot XP. Once in XP use the "disk manager" to mark the

XP Home Edition Boot Disk
I had a up to date image file of the XP partition so transferred that back into the unallocated space. So now C is primary active and FAT 32 were Me resides. Then D is logical extended Fat 32 were XP resides. Still no dual boot menu although boot.ini shows XP. Installed PM boot magic and manually added XP to boot