On 1/17/2014 9:36 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
On 01/17/2014 07:06 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 1/17/2014 8:25 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
On 01/17/2014 05:20 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 1/17/2014 6:38 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:

boot.ini is as follows:

[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
Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect


Thanks again,

The two lines that contains:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)

Is the part we are interested in. When you change one, you should also
change the other one.

The disk(0) part should be right on a single drive system. Unless you
are using a PATA drive set as a slave. Then it should probably be
disk(1), but that isn't usually the problem. Just something to think
about for later.

That partition(1) part is saying that Windows is on the second partition
on the drive. Do you know if it is? If it is on the first partition,
then it should say partition(0). This is the one that I usually find is
wrong. It doesn't hurt to change this one, except if it is wrong,
Windows won't boot. That is okay, as you could always change it.

Thanks Bill. This is indeed the only disk in the system, and checking
with the BIOS it is configured as master.

Windows is indeed the first partition on the disk (it was the first OS I
installed). I tried changing multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) to
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(0) (in both lines), but still no joy (I
even tried (2) just for fun.

Thanks,

Wow! I am very surprised as that usually takes care of it for me. Yes I
too would have tried using partition(2) as well (good show). I guess you
are stuck looking at the Windows boot files now. Sure is weird though
with just a flashing cursor.

Oddly enough, the windows partition here on the desktop is also listed
as multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1), and is also on the first
partition. It still boots successfully, though.

Yeah it is confusing. Sometimes 0 means the first one or could mean it
doesn't exist in computer talk. Maybe there is no such thing as a
partition(0) and starts at (1).

Hey, I am not sure it matters anymore with 2000, XP, and up; but is the
Windows partition marked as active? If not, it might not boot.

Aye, It's marked as the active (boot) partition in everything I've
looked at it with.

Head scratcher, ain't it?

Yup, well it sounds everything is right where it should be except one
little thing is off.

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Bill
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