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Changed partitions-need boot info!
Name: jimi_l Date: December 1, 2001 at 15:32:43 Pacific
Comment:
Dual boot dual drive set up running ME on one and XP Pro on the other. I changed the partition that XP resided on and I edited the boot.ini file to point to the new partition but it hangs at the welcome screen.I suspect I need to edit another file(s) but i'm not sure what one. Any ideas on this?? Jimi_l
Name: Al Date: December 1, 2001 at 18:29:00 Pacific
Reply:
You need to fully reinstall XP on the new partition. There are some boot files that have to be in exactly the right place on the partition, and in the MBR.
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Response Number 2
Name: newgrl Date: December 2, 2001 at 10:22:36 Pacific
Reply:
Your boot.ini is most likely fine... and pointing to the correct partition... but your XP registry is not. It is all pointing to the old partition letter. When you change the boot.ini, the registry does not get changed.
As Al said, reinstall XP.
Or... you can have a look at this MSKB article for more ideas:
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