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To: belker who wrote (24162)	12/31/2001 5:17:46 PM
From: Matt Brown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

>>1. i believe i will go with fat32 if it is just as stable. To me, this makes sense. I've tested it in both scenarios. And it runs the exact same for me. So, don't fix what aint broke. >>i still can not boot the d drive, which is the main drive that i trade from. in attempting to image that drive, i find that ntfs is not compatible with norton ghost and i think not with drive image. Idea #1 I think you are missing a few files on the C: drive. First, you should read Joe's post regarding nltd and ntdetect.com. You need to put those two files on the C:\ root directory. This is of course assuming all of your data/files/OS is OK on drive D. Try scanning through and seeing if \winnt\ exists and files are in it. If so, you are probably OK. I'd bet that it is. Once you get those files copied to C:\ (you should be able to find them in (D:\WINTNT\servicepackfiles\i386) then we need to take a look at your boot.ini file and add your second OS to it (Win2k). So if you can do all this, then try to post a copy of boot.ini here so I can try and fix you up. Idea #2 Another way to do this, would be to go ahead and boot up Win95, as you said you could. Stick in your Win2k pro disk. Click 'Upgrade' option. When it reboots, it will write to your boot.ini file as a bootup option. It will then search your computer for Win2k. If you have it on Drive D, it should find it. When it does, say you want to install it there (or you might get the repair option, do that), when it says you can't install, because there is a copy already there, click 'Repair' ... that just might do the trick. This is all from memory, so the steps might be a bit different. Been a while since I had to do this. I'd try the second idea first, before resorting to copying and editing of files. MB

To: belker who wrote (24162)	12/31/2001 7:35:06 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110655

I think your best bet is to reformat your C: drive then install W2K on to your C: drive from a dos prompt after booting with a Win 98 startup disk as per the instructions in my last post. That'll preserve your current W2K install on your D: drive. Oh, in my last post I forgot about the W2K on your D: The ram drive the startup disk creates should be E: then your CDrom moves to F: so F:\i386\winnt.exe should get the ball rolling for you. Other option like Matt and I said b4 is to copy NTLDR, ntdtect.com and boot.ini on to your c: drive. If you want to try the that let me know and I'll post you an appropriate boot.ini.