errors when dual booting

epc51 · 02-28-2006

i have 2 80gig seagate hard drives and each have and operating system installed on my master drive i have windows xp home. on the slave i have windows xp pro x64. i tried altering the boot.ini and i kept getting an error saying that the drive path is incorrent and one error saying that a kernel file was missing or corrupt. need help setting up dual boot. here is my boot.ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro x64" /fastdetect

also tried
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro x64" /fastdetect

nothing has worked, thanks in advance for any help

joe5 · 02-28-2006

Give this a try,

1.Boot with XP CD.
2.Press R to load the Recovery Console.
3.Type bootcfg and press enter.

That should create a correct boot.ini.

epc51 · 02-28-2006

ill try that

epc51 · 02-28-2006

i tried it and it added the os to the boot screen but whenever i select windows x64 i get that the system32/ntoskernel.exe file is missing or corrupt, but if i want to load the x64 os i have to change the primary boot disk from C: to E: in the bios, and it will work then but i cant have a boot loader page that i cant select either one i want to use....

joe5 · 02-28-2006

Thats strange , since it apperantly isn't missing since you can still use the drive/install when changing the HD in youre bios.

Did the drive letters change since you installed windows?

epc51 · 03-01-2006

the drive letters are the same since i installed, but here is the thing my bios only allows one hard drive to be visible in the boot order and if you want to boot from another hard drive you have to change a seperate option under hard dish priority then the slave becomes the boot device in the boot order, and when you load from different hard drives the drive letters will flip. example when i boot from the master the drive letters are C:\ = Master, E:\ = Slave, but when i boot off the slave the drive letters become C:\ = Slave, E:\ Master i dont have any clue what is going wrong i followed all the guides i have read on using boot cfg... sorry for the late reply.

02-28-2006	#1
epc51 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 87 PC Experience: Hardware Guru	errors when dual booting i have 2 80gig seagate hard drives and each have and operating system installed on my master drive i have windows xp home. on the slave i have windows xp pro x64. i tried altering the boot.ini and i kept getting an error saying that the drive path is incorrent and one error saying that a kernel file was missing or corrupt. need help setting up dual boot. here is my boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro x64" /fastdetect also tried [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro x64" /fastdetect nothing has worked, thanks in advance for any help

02-28-2006	#2
joe5 Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9,021	Give this a try, 1.Boot with XP CD. 2.Press R to load the Recovery Console. 3.Type bootcfg and press enter. That should create a correct boot.ini. __________________ - PCHF Team. - (NL) - Mal-ware Eradicator! - - Online AV Scans - HijackThis! - Bootdisk.com - ATF-Cleaner - Stinger - 'Prework' - 'Afterwork' - PCHF Rules - Donate to PCHF. And get>

02-28-2006	#5
joe5 Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 9,021	Thats strange , since it apperantly isn't missing since you can still use the drive/install when changing the HD in youre bios. Did the drive letters change since you installed windows? __________________ - PCHF Team. - (NL) - Mal-ware Eradicator! - - Online AV Scans - HijackThis! - Bootdisk.com - ATF-Cleaner - Stinger - 'Prework' - 'Afterwork' - PCHF Rules - Donate to PCHF. And get>

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03-01-2006	#6
epc51 Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 87 PC Experience: Hardware Guru	the drive letters are the same since i installed, but here is the thing my bios only allows one hard drive to be visible in the boot order and if you want to boot from another hard drive you have to change a seperate option under hard dish priority then the slave becomes the boot device in the boot order, and when you load from different hard drives the drive letters will flip. example when i boot from the master the drive letters are C:\ = Master, E:\ = Slave, but when i boot off the slave the drive letters become C:\ = Slave, E:\ Master i dont have any clue what is going wrong i followed all the guides i have read on using boot cfg... sorry for the late reply.