Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
March 25th 03, 11:10 PM
Hi David,
Well, I suppose the lack of any boot.ini could cause the error as well =
(this file tells the bootloader where to look for the OS). Normally it =
is attributed to a bad arc path. My best *guess* at this point would be =
to have you rebuild the boot.ini file using bootcfg /rebuild from a =
command prompt while booting the CD.
--=20
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
"David De Trolio" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi Rick...I checked again...I do have show all files selected, scanned =
the
> entire drive, no boot.ini file found.
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> Thanks....Dave
>=20
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> Hi David,
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> It is a hidden system file on the root of the boot partition.
>=20
> --
> Best of Luck,
>=20
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>=20
> "David De Trolio" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Rick...I searched my Win2K drive, no boot.ini file found.
> >
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The stop error usually indicates a problem with boot.ini, you might =
want
> to
> > try editing it from a command prompt to make sure the path is =
correct.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "David De Trolio" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi everyone:
> > >
> > > I received the above error six times when trying to upgrade my
> Windows
> > > 2000 Professional SP3 WD 60GB drive to Windows XP Professional. I =
tried
> > the
> > > upgrade running it from within Windows 2000 Professional, then =
tried it
> > > using the CD-Rom boot function. Any time I tried an upgrade it =
failed.
> > >
> > > During the upgrade process, twice I saw Windows say it could =
not
> load
> > > device drivers for "System" and showed an icon of a desktop PC and
> > monitor.
> > >
> > > The odd thing about this is when I blanked the drive (I had a =
full
> > > Norton Ghost image of my Win2KSP3) and installed Windows XP =
Professional
> > as
> > > a new install, the process worked fine. Windows XP Professional =
was
> > running
> > > clean on my desktop.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what could be holding me up? I ran the =
configurator
> from
> > > Microsoft, removed any programs or modules or printers which would =
be a
> > > problem, but still could not upgrade this drive.
> > >
> > > It is a Intel P3 running at 667Mhz/133 with 513MB ram and 60GB =
hard
> > > disk.
> > >
> > > Thanks...Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>=20
>
Well, I suppose the lack of any boot.ini could cause the error as well =
(this file tells the bootloader where to look for the OS). Normally it =
is attributed to a bad arc path. My best *guess* at this point would be =
to have you rebuild the boot.ini file using bootcfg /rebuild from a =
command prompt while booting the CD.
--=20
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone - =
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
"David De Trolio" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi Rick...I checked again...I do have show all files selected, scanned =
the
> entire drive, no boot.ini file found.
>=20
> Thanks....Dave
>=20
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> Hi David,
>=20
> It is a hidden system file on the root of the boot partition.
>=20
> --
> Best of Luck,
>=20
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x - =
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>=20
> "David De Trolio" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Rick...I searched my Win2K drive, no boot.ini file found.
> >
> >
> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The stop error usually indicates a problem with boot.ini, you might =
want
> to
> > try editing it from a command prompt to make sure the path is =
correct.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x -
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone -
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "David De Trolio" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi everyone:
> > >
> > > I received the above error six times when trying to upgrade my
> Windows
> > > 2000 Professional SP3 WD 60GB drive to Windows XP Professional. I =
tried
> > the
> > > upgrade running it from within Windows 2000 Professional, then =
tried it
> > > using the CD-Rom boot function. Any time I tried an upgrade it =
failed.
> > >
> > > During the upgrade process, twice I saw Windows say it could =
not
> load
> > > device drivers for "System" and showed an icon of a desktop PC and
> > monitor.
> > >
> > > The odd thing about this is when I blanked the drive (I had a =
full
> > > Norton Ghost image of my Win2KSP3) and installed Windows XP =
Professional
> > as
> > > a new install, the process worked fine. Windows XP Professional =
was
> > running
> > > clean on my desktop.
> > >
> > > Any ideas on what could be holding me up? I ran the =
configurator
> from
> > > Microsoft, removed any programs or modules or printers which would =
be a
> > > problem, but still could not upgrade this drive.
> > >
> > > It is a Intel P3 running at 667Mhz/133 with 513MB ram and 60GB =
hard
> > > disk.
> > >
> > > Thanks...Dave
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>=20
>