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boot.ini experts?
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I played where I should not have. I was trying to copy my existing Master HD to a new 'slave' HD and in the process messed something up. I reconfigured back to original configuration of just one Master HD on the Primary ribbon and one Master CD on the Secondary ribbon - (all with correct jumpers) But now when I boot up, after the 'memory check' I get a black screen that says: Invalid system disk Replace disk, and then hit any key When I hit a key I get a screen that says: Select Operating System Windows XP Pro Windows XP Pro (#1) ....Select a system and click Enter to boot ...... If I select the first it boots normally. If I select the second it says: Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem Could not read from the selected disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. How can I get back to normal where it boots normally without this screen. I have no idea what Win XP #1 is or where it came from. Can I find Win XP #1 and eliminate it? Second Follow-up Posting: Ok - some progress? Via msconfig I found the second boot path (Win XP #1) in the boot.ini - when I clicked on some tab there about op systems it told me that the 2nd boot path Win XP #1 was invalid and asked me if I wanted to delete it. YES!! WOW - thot I fixed it. But now when it boots it still boots to the "Invalid system disk....................." screen and when I click any key it boots normally without the second screen anymore asking me to select an op system. BUT, after boot up I get a new screen saying I have booted in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode and to choose normal. If I go back to msconfig\boot.ini and choose normal, it puts the win xp #1 line back in as a 2nd startup path and I am back where I started. How can I purge the computer of this path and still boot normally. And I still have the issue of "invalid system disk" to solve. Ron Patterson |
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Don't alter it in msconfig, as that will change it always to selective
startup, edit the boot.ini file itself. The easiest way is to download AgentRansack & use that as your search engine as the XP search engine is hopeless at that sort of search. Search for boot.ini, copy it to your from AgentRansack to your desktop as a backup in case you stuff up, then open the original by rt/clicking on it in AgentRansack, open with Notepad, edit it there and then save the changes. My boot.ini for dual-booting 2x OS's on 2 drives (both primary partitions) is - [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" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional (#1)" /fastdetect -- johnf First Posting:: I played where I should not have. I was trying to copy my existing Master HD to a new 'slave' HD and in the process messed something up. I reconfigured back to original configuration of just one Master HD on the Primary ribbon and one Master CD on the Secondary ribbon - (all with correct jumpers) But now when I boot up, after the 'memory check' I get a black screen that says: Invalid system disk Replace disk, and then hit any key When I hit a key I get a screen that says: Select Operating System Windows XP Pro Windows XP Pro (#1) ...Select a system and click Enter to boot ...... If I select the first it boots normally. If I select the second it says: Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem Could not read from the selected disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. How can I get back to normal where it boots normally without this screen. I have no idea what Win XP #1 is or where it came from. Can I find Win XP #1 and eliminate it? Second Follow-up Posting: Ok - some progress? Via msconfig I found the second boot path (Win XP #1) in the boot.ini - when I clicked on some tab there about op systems it told me that the 2nd boot path Win XP #1 was invalid and asked me if I wanted to delete it. YES!! WOW - thot I fixed it. But now when it boots it still boots to the "Invalid system disk....................." screen and when I click any key it boots normally without the second screen anymore asking me to select an op system. BUT, after boot up I get a new screen saying I have booted in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode and to choose normal. If I go back to msconfig\boot.ini and choose normal, it puts the win xp #1 line back in as a 2nd startup path and I am back where I started. How can I purge the computer of this path and still boot normally. And I still have the issue of "invalid system disk" to solve. Ron Patterson |
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Thanking you all for your fine efforts, however immediate needs forced me to
re-install Win XP Pro - which solved the second problem. No one addressed the first problem which is still with me. But now when I boot up, after the 'memory check' I get a black screen that says: Invalid system disk Replace disk, and then hit any key Anyone wanna tackle this one please? Ron "Ron Patterson" wrote in message nk.net... First Posting:: I played where I should not have. I was trying to copy my existing Master HD to a new 'slave' HD and in the process messed something up. I reconfigured back to original configuration of just one Master HD on the Primary ribbon and one Master CD on the Secondary ribbon - (all with correct jumpers) But now when I boot up, after the 'memory check' I get a black screen that says: Invalid system disk Replace disk, and then hit any key When I hit a key I get a screen that says: Select Operating System Windows XP Pro Windows XP Pro (#1) ...Select a system and click Enter to boot ...... If I select the first it boots normally. If I select the second it says: Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem Could not read from the selected disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. How can I get back to normal where it boots normally without this screen. I have no idea what Win XP #1 is or where it came from. Can I find Win XP #1 and eliminate it? Second Follow-up Posting: Ok - some progress? Via msconfig I found the second boot path (Win XP #1) in the boot.ini - when I clicked on some tab there about op systems it told me that the 2nd boot path Win XP #1 was invalid and asked me if I wanted to delete it. YES!! WOW - thot I fixed it. But now when it boots it still boots to the "Invalid system disk....................." screen and when I click any key it boots normally without the second screen anymore asking me to select an op system. BUT, after boot up I get a new screen saying I have booted in Diagnostic or Selective Startup mode and to choose normal. If I go back to msconfig\boot.ini and choose normal, it puts the win xp #1 line back in as a 2nd startup path and I am back where I started. How can I purge the computer of this path and still boot normally. And I still have the issue of "invalid system disk" to solve. Ron Patterson |
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Just make the hdd first boot device and it will eradicate the problem
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Problem solved - by embarrassed user - too simple - ZIP drive snuck into
boot order in lieu of CD-ROM and had disk in it Thanking all - puter healthy again Ron Patterson "Ron Patterson" wrote in message ink.net... There is only on HD in the computer now set as Master on Primary ribbon and the problem of Invalid System Disk persists : Thanking you for your kind assistance. Ron "divakartandon" wrote in message ... Just make the hdd first boot device and it will eradicate the problem |
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There is only on HD in the computer now set as Master on Primary ribbon and
the problem of Invalid System Disk persists : Thanking you for your kind assistance. Ron "divakartandon" wrote in message ... Just make the hdd first boot device and it will eradicate the problem |
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