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Old 03-21-2008, 12:50 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
dueal boot - blue and white screen

On ASUS notebook with Windows XP Home attempted to make it dual boot to
install W2K. Before dong any changes I copied original ntldr (245K) and
ntdetect.com(47K).
With Partition Magic created an NTFS primary partition and installed W2K Pro
which went smoothly, and W2K was running OK
XP Home would not start at all because, as I seem to remember, ntldr(211K)
and ntdetect.com(34K) generated by W2K would not load XP, -so I replaced
them with the those of XP Home I copied earlier.

Now after selecting XPHome it produces the screen suggesting several modes
of loading XP Home, but whatever mode I select it just restarts the
computer.

I replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com with ntldr(230K) and ntdetect.com(47K)
from my working desktop. The first - booting into XP gave the same result,
i.e. list of loading optioons and restarting the computer.
But now W2K would not start. After shortly flashing that screen of starting
W2K, it produced a blue_and_white screen of some gobbledegook among which
there are english patterns like
STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000002, 0x8907DE88,0x88FB23С8,0x00000001)
ASPI BIOS
"readme.txt"
http://www.hardware-update.com
<F&>
(I guess the remaining gobbledegook represent Cyrilics as the computer is
localised for Russia)

I placed the screenshot here:
www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg

What might be the problem and the remedy?


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Old 03-21-2008, 01:30 AM
Dave Patrick
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dueal boot - blue and white screen

It might depend on what you used PM for. You shouldn't have needed to use it
in order to install a second operating system. You might try creating a boot
disk.

For the floppy to successfully boot Windows XP the disk must contain the
"NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows XP machine, not a
DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy
Windows XP versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the
boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.
Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating
system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive
(drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.

[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Window s
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,1"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,2"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,1"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,2"
/noexecute=optin /fastdetect

(watch for line wrap)



--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"aa" wrote:
> On ASUS notebook with Windows XP Home attempted to make it dual boot to
> install W2K. Before dong any changes I copied original ntldr (245K) and
> ntdetect.com(47K).
> With Partition Magic created an NTFS primary partition and installed W2K
> Pro
> which went smoothly, and W2K was running OK
> XP Home would not start at all because, as I seem to remember, ntldr(211K)
> and ntdetect.com(34K) generated by W2K would not load XP, -so I replaced
> them with the those of XP Home I copied earlier.
>
> Now after selecting XPHome it produces the screen suggesting several modes
> of loading XP Home, but whatever mode I select it just restarts the
> computer.
>
> I replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com with ntldr(230K) and ntdetect.com(47K)
> from my working desktop. The first - booting into XP gave the same result,
> i.e. list of loading optioons and restarting the computer.
> But now W2K would not start. After shortly flashing that screen of
> starting
> W2K, it produced a blue_and_white screen of some gobbledegook among which
> there are english patterns like
> STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000002, 0x8907DE88,0x88FB23С8,0x00000001)
> ASPI BIOS
> "readme.txt"
> http://www.hardware-update.com
> <F&>
> (I guess the remaining gobbledegook represent Cyrilics as the computer is
> localised for Russia)
>
> I placed the screenshot here:
> www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg
>
> What might be the problem and the remedy?
>
>


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Old 03-21-2008, 08:21 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dueal boot - blue and white screen

Thanks, David.
I am aware that XP allows installing another OS withour Partition Magic
(PM), but with PM I made perhaps 15 dual boot computers and never had
problems with it. First thing I came across is the XP would not run w2k
installation disk on the grounds that it is an older version than itself. So
I opted they way I know - using PM. When PM suggested making boot disk I
skipped that for this notebook has no floppy drive

As to editing boot.ini - how do I access it if I cannot boot in?
With W98 booting CD I can boot into DOS prompt, but it does not see NTFS
partition where boot.ini is sitting
The w2k installation disk goes directly to installation and does not seem to
offer booting to DOS prompt

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ????????
?????????: news:6F850817-1009-450E-808F-69768DB4855C@microsoft.com...
> It might depend on what you used PM for. You shouldn't have needed to use

it
> in order to install a second operating system. You might try creating a

boot
> disk.
>
> For the floppy to successfully boot Windows XP the disk must contain the
> "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows XP machine, not a
> DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy
> Windows XP versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the
> boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.
> Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating
> system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive
> (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=10
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Window s
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,1"
> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,2"
> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,1"
> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,2"
> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>
> (watch for line wrap)
>
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "aa" wrote:
> > On ASUS notebook with Windows XP Home attempted to make it dual boot to
> > install W2K. Before dong any changes I copied original ntldr (245K) and
> > ntdetect.com(47K).
> > With Partition Magic created an NTFS primary partition and installed W2K
> > Pro
> > which went smoothly, and W2K was running OK
> > XP Home would not start at all because, as I seem to remember,

ntldr(211K)
> > and ntdetect.com(34K) generated by W2K would not load XP, -so I replaced
> > them with the those of XP Home I copied earlier.
> >
> > Now after selecting XPHome it produces the screen suggesting several

modes
> > of loading XP Home, but whatever mode I select it just restarts the
> > computer.
> >
> > I replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com with ntldr(230K) and ntdetect.com(47K)
> > from my working desktop. The first - booting into XP gave the same

result,
> > i.e. list of loading optioons and restarting the computer.
> > But now W2K would not start. After shortly flashing that screen of
> > starting
> > W2K, it produced a blue_and_white screen of some gobbledegook among

which
> > there are english patterns like
> > STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000002, 0x8907DE88,0x88FB23С8,0x00000001)
> > ASPI BIOS
> > "readme.txt"
> > http://www.hardware-update.com
> > <F&>
> > (I guess the remaining gobbledegook represent Cyrilics as the computer

is
> > localised for Russia)
> >
> > I placed the screenshot here:
> > www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg
> >
> > What might be the problem and the remedy?
> >
> >

>



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Old 03-21-2008, 08:33 AM
Pegasus \(MVP\)
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dual boot - blue and white screen

If you follow David's recommendation of booting the machine
with a boot diskette then you won't have a problem modifying
a:\boot.ini.

It appears from your post that you frequently use multi-booting.
If so then having a Bart PE boot CD (www.bootdisk.com)
is IMHO an absolute must. It gives you full access to any NTFS
(and FAT32) partition, regardless of the current state of you
Windows installation.


"aa" <A@aa.com> wrote in message
news:elLPJQyiIHA.944@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, David.
> I am aware that XP allows installing another OS withour Partition Magic
> (PM), but with PM I made perhaps 15 dual boot computers and never had
> problems with it. First thing I came across is the XP would not run w2k
> installation disk on the grounds that it is an older version than itself.
> So
> I opted they way I know - using PM. When PM suggested making boot disk I
> skipped that for this notebook has no floppy drive
>
> As to editing boot.ini - how do I access it if I cannot boot in?
> With W98 booting CD I can boot into DOS prompt, but it does not see NTFS
> partition where boot.ini is sitting
> The w2k installation disk goes directly to installation and does not seem
> to
> offer booting to DOS prompt
>
> "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ????????
> ?????????: news:6F850817-1009-450E-808F-69768DB4855C@microsoft.com...
>> It might depend on what you used PM for. You shouldn't have needed to use

> it
>> in order to install a second operating system. You might try creating a

> boot
>> disk.
>>
>> For the floppy to successfully boot Windows XP the disk must contain the
>> "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows XP machine, not a
>> DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy
>> Windows XP versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit the
>> boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to boot.
>> Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating
>> system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive
>> (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.
>>
>> [boot loader]
>> timeout=10
>> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Window s
>> [operating systems]
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,1"
>> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,2"
>> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,1"
>> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,2"
>> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
>>
>> (watch for line wrap)
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>> Microsoft Certified Professional
>> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>>
>> "aa" wrote:
>> > On ASUS notebook with Windows XP Home attempted to make it dual boot to
>> > install W2K. Before dong any changes I copied original ntldr (245K) and
>> > ntdetect.com(47K).
>> > With Partition Magic created an NTFS primary partition and installed
>> > W2K
>> > Pro
>> > which went smoothly, and W2K was running OK
>> > XP Home would not start at all because, as I seem to remember,

> ntldr(211K)
>> > and ntdetect.com(34K) generated by W2K would not load XP, -so I
>> > replaced
>> > them with the those of XP Home I copied earlier.
>> >
>> > Now after selecting XPHome it produces the screen suggesting several

> modes
>> > of loading XP Home, but whatever mode I select it just restarts the
>> > computer.
>> >
>> > I replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com with ntldr(230K) and
>> > ntdetect.com(47K)
>> > from my working desktop. The first - booting into XP gave the same

> result,
>> > i.e. list of loading optioons and restarting the computer.
>> > But now W2K would not start. After shortly flashing that screen of
>> > starting
>> > W2K, it produced a blue_and_white screen of some gobbledegook among

> which
>> > there are english patterns like
>> > STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000002, 0x8907DE88,0x88FB23С8,0x00000001)
>> > ASPI BIOS
>> > "readme.txt"
>> > http://www.hardware-update.com
>> > <F&>
>> > (I guess the remaining gobbledegook represent Cyrilics as the computer

> is
>> > localised for Russia)
>> >
>> > I placed the screenshot here:
>> > www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg
>> >
>> > What might be the problem and the remedy?
>> >
>> >

>>

>
>



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Old 03-21-2008, 08:53 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dual boot - blue and white screen

Thanks, Pegasus.
I cannot follow David's recomendation for the notebook in question has no
floppy drive
What is the alternative?


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
news:uYhnnXyiIHA.5968@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If you follow David's recommendation of booting the machine
> with a boot diskette then you won't have a problem modifying
> a:\boot.ini.
>
> It appears from your post that you frequently use multi-booting.
> If so then having a Bart PE boot CD (www.bootdisk.com)
> is IMHO an absolute must. It gives you full access to any NTFS
> (and FAT32) partition, regardless of the current state of you
> Windows installation.
>
>
> "aa" <A@aa.com> wrote in message
> news:elLPJQyiIHA.944@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > Thanks, David.
> > I am aware that XP allows installing another OS withour Partition Magic
> > (PM), but with PM I made perhaps 15 dual boot computers and never had
> > problems with it. First thing I came across is the XP would not run w2k
> > installation disk on the grounds that it is an older version than

itself.
> > So
> > I opted they way I know - using PM. When PM suggested making boot disk I
> > skipped that for this notebook has no floppy drive
> >
> > As to editing boot.ini - how do I access it if I cannot boot in?
> > With W98 booting CD I can boot into DOS prompt, but it does not see NTFS
> > partition where boot.ini is sitting
> > The w2k installation disk goes directly to installation and does not

seem
> > to
> > offer booting to DOS prompt
> >
> > "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> ???????/???????? ? ????????
> > ?????????: news:6F850817-1009-450E-808F-69768DB4855C@microsoft.com...
> >> It might depend on what you used PM for. You shouldn't have needed to

use
> > it
> >> in order to install a second operating system. You might try creating a

> > boot
> >> disk.
> >>
> >> For the floppy to successfully boot Windows XP the disk must contain

the
> >> "NT" boot sector. Format a diskette (on a Windows XP machine, not a
> >> DOS/Win9x, so the NT boot sector gets written to the floppy), and copy
> >> Windows XP versions of ntldr, ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to it. Edit

the
> >> boot.ini to give it a correct ARC path for the machine you wish to

boot.
> >> Below is an example of boot.ini. The default is to start the operating
> >> system located on the first partition of the primary or first drive
> >> (drive0). Then drive0 partition 2 and so on.
> >>
> >> [boot loader]
> >> timeout=10
> >> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Window s
> >> [operating systems]
> >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,1"
> >> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 0,2"
> >> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,1"
> >> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> >> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(2)\Windows="Windo ws XP 1,2"
> >> /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
> >>
> >> (watch for line wrap)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> >> Microsoft Certified Professional
> >> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> >>
> >> "aa" wrote:
> >> > On ASUS notebook with Windows XP Home attempted to make it dual boot

to
> >> > install W2K. Before dong any changes I copied original ntldr (245K)

and
> >> > ntdetect.com(47K).
> >> > With Partition Magic created an NTFS primary partition and installed
> >> > W2K
> >> > Pro
> >> > which went smoothly, and W2K was running OK
> >> > XP Home would not start at all because, as I seem to remember,

> > ntldr(211K)
> >> > and ntdetect.com(34K) generated by W2K would not load XP, -so I
> >> > replaced
> >> > them with the those of XP Home I copied earlier.
> >> >
> >> > Now after selecting XPHome it produces the screen suggesting several

> > modes
> >> > of loading XP Home, but whatever mode I select it just restarts the
> >> > computer.
> >> >
> >> > I replaced ntldr and ntdetect.com with ntldr(230K) and
> >> > ntdetect.com(47K)
> >> > from my working desktop. The first - booting into XP gave the same

> > result,
> >> > i.e. list of loading optioons and restarting the computer.
> >> > But now W2K would not start. After shortly flashing that screen of
> >> > starting
> >> > W2K, it produced a blue_and_white screen of some gobbledegook among

> > which
> >> > there are english patterns like
> >> > STOP: 0x000000A5 (0x00000002, 0x8907DE88,0x88FB23С8,0x00000001)
> >> > ASPI BIOS
> >> > "readme.txt"
> >> > http://www.hardware-update.com
> >> > <F&>
> >> > (I guess the remaining gobbledegook represent Cyrilics as the

computer
> > is
> >> > localised for Russia)
> >> >
> >> > I placed the screenshot here:
> >> > www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg
> >> >
> >> > What might be the problem and the remedy?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>

> >
> >

>
>



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Old 03-21-2008, 08:57 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dueal boot - blue and white screen

I borrowed another w2k installation disk and it allowed me to get to the DOS
prompt
Using Help I got a list of cpmmands available and cannot figure out which
one is for opening and editing boot.ini


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Old 03-21-2008, 09:49 AM
Pegasus \(MVP\)
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dueal boot - blue and white screen


"aa" <A@aa.com> wrote in message
news:%23VZpwkyiIHA.4396@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I borrowed another w2k installation disk and it allowed me to get to the
>DOS
> prompt
> Using Help I got a list of cpmmands available and cannot figure out which
> one is for opening and editing boot.ini


DOS is an operating system introduced some 30 years ago.
It does not exist under Win2000. I suspect that you got into
the Recovery Console. AFAIK, the Recovery Console has
no tools to edit boot.ini. Here are a couple of options:
- Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD, as explained before.
- After creating (and testing!) a Windows 2000 boot diskette
on a machine with a diskette drive, burn a bootable CD from
that diskette, preferably on a CD/RW CD in case you don't
get it right the first time.


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Old 03-21-2008, 10:06 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dueal boot - blue and white screen

yes, i got into something looking and working like dos prompt, but it must
be something else.
I will try you advice (here in Russia credit cards are not common and I need
to find the way to pay $4 to www.bootdisk.com to get access to download)
But your advice is based on presumption that my boot.ini is corrupted - is
that correct? This might explain why XP restarts the computer instead of
loading. But corrupted boot.ini will not explain the blue_and_white screen
on starting w2k (www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg) will it?

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
news:OF6e8BziIHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> DOS is an operating system introduced some 30 years ago.
> It does not exist under Win2000. I suspect that you got into
> the Recovery Console. AFAIK, the Recovery Console has
> no tools to edit boot.ini. Here are a couple of options:
> - Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD, as explained before.
> - After creating (and testing!) a Windows 2000 boot diskette
> on a machine with a diskette drive, burn a bootable CD from
> that diskette, preferably on a CD/RW CD in case you don't
> get it right the first time.
>
>



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Old 03-21-2008, 10:13 AM
Pegasus \(MVP\)
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dual boot - blue and white screen

Downloads from www.bootdisk.com are free!

David never said that your boot.ini file was corrupted -
he merely showed you how you can use boot.ini to invoke
different operating systems in a multi-boot environment.
The blue/white screen issue may require different measures
but using a multi-choice boot.ini should be your first step.


"aa" <A@aa.com> wrote in message
news:%23O%23f%23KziIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl.. .
> yes, i got into something looking and working like dos prompt, but it must
> be something else.
> I will try you advice (here in Russia credit cards are not common and I
> need
> to find the way to pay $4 to www.bootdisk.com to get access to download)
> But your advice is based on presumption that my boot.ini is corrupted - is
> that correct? This might explain why XP restarts the computer instead of
> loading. But corrupted boot.ini will not explain the blue_and_white screen
> on starting w2k (www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg) will it?
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
> news:OF6e8BziIHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> DOS is an operating system introduced some 30 years ago.
>> It does not exist under Win2000. I suspect that you got into
>> the Recovery Console. AFAIK, the Recovery Console has
>> no tools to edit boot.ini. Here are a couple of options:
>> - Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD, as explained before.
>> - After creating (and testing!) a Windows 2000 boot diskette
>> on a machine with a diskette drive, burn a bootable CD from
>> that diskette, preferably on a CD/RW CD in case you don't
>> get it right the first time.
>>
>>

>
>



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Old 03-21-2008, 10:38 AM
aa
 
Posts: n/a
Re: dual boot - blue and white screen

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"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
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> Downloads from www.bootdisk.com are free!
>
> David never said that your boot.ini file was corrupted -
> he merely showed you how you can use boot.ini to invoke
> different operating systems in a multi-boot environment.
> The blue/white screen issue may require different measures
> but using a multi-choice boot.ini should be your first step.
>
>
> "aa" <A@aa.com> wrote in message
> news:%23O%23f%23KziIHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl.. .
> > yes, i got into something looking and working like dos prompt, but it

must
> > be something else.
> > I will try you advice (here in Russia credit cards are not common and I
> > need
> > to find the way to pay $4 to www.bootdisk.com to get access to download)
> > But your advice is based on presumption that my boot.ini is corrupted -

is
> > that correct? This might explain why XP restarts the computer instead of
> > loading. But corrupted boot.ini will not explain the blue_and_white

screen
> > on starting w2k (www.pifpaf.front.ru/blue_white_screen.jpg) will it?
> >
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> сообщил/сообщила в новостях

следующее:
> > news:OF6e8BziIHA.3740@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> DOS is an operating system introduced some 30 years ago.
> >> It does not exist under Win2000. I suspect that you got into
> >> the Recovery Console. AFAIK, the Recovery Console has
> >> no tools to edit boot.ini. Here are a couple of options:
> >> - Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD, as explained before.
> >> - After creating (and testing!) a Windows 2000 boot diskette
> >> on a machine with a diskette drive, burn a bootable CD from
> >> that diskette, preferably on a CD/RW CD in case you don't
> >> get it right the first time.
> >>
> >>

> >
> >

>
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