booting into xp

Booting into copy of XP
I have win2000 and win XP home edition on a computer I'm trying to fix. XP will not boot up. I cannot boot into any of the safe modes (with/without prompts/networking) The "system restore to last good configuration" option doesn't work either It usually doesn't. I try to solve the problem by booting up with the win

Trouble booting my laptop into XP
After XP is installed, you subsequently create (or unhide) the logical partitions. When you next boot into XP, it will not assign "D:" to a logical partition Boot into XP: C: = Pri-2, D: = Log-1, E: = Log-2, Pri-1 hidden. I think most who prefer to use the MS boot loader will just let XP install itself as "F:"

XP Booting into my 2K server takes FOREVER
Art notaname@notanisp microsoft public windowsxp hardware Hi "BAR": With reference to your point #1 concerning the presumed danger of first booting into XP after a motherboard and/or hard drive change and before running a Repair install... I have seen similar comments to yours from a number of posters but I've

Booting Into MS-DOS without a floppy
I normally use a laptop running XP. I download a lot of Windows Updates (as I was instructed to do by a message) and it took nearly all Saturday afternoon to I tried using F8, booting into safe mode, debugging mode and going back to a previous configuration. Nothing has worked ! Worse still, in trying to get an

How could Install Solaris V10 into my PC with Windows XP ...
So the first partition on my first HD may be C: when WinXP is running and D: when I'm booted into Vista, but it will always be "SATA 120". See this KB article: Definitions for system volume and boot volume http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314470/EN-US/ This concept is at the heart of dual-booting.

Dual booting Vista SP1 and XP SP2
However, can I copy data from the fat 32 into the XP partition when booted into XP and even moreso, can I copy files from the NTFS partition (while booted into Example: I boot into XP. I want to copy a document I created in XP over to say, my f: drive which I use to store files. The f: drive is fat 32 though.

My first impressions - Vista 64 bit Ultimate
Vista would also format it if you wanted to skip the XP format part. When its all said and done C drive will be Vista when you boot into Vista and C drive will be XP when you boot into XP. It's all looked after. I like a pretty face sometimes so I quite like Vista. once my accounting program gets working (updated

Vista MBR vs. XP MBR
I want to copy my XP partition to another location and then do a full new reinstal of XP to where that original XP partition had been. After doing the re-instal I'm sure I'll have some settings or passwords in the old XP partition which I need to refer to. So I would like to be able to boot into the XP partition

MS Windows XP booting on Hammer already
John <dy73ui39a...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: Has anyone else experienced a slight slowdown when booting into XP. The blue welcome screen stays on much longer before finally bringing up the XP desktop... I noticed that the 3.8's did this too. No other issues with the drivers however. COD works fine for me.

Why get 0x0000007B error when booting into Windows XP Home? Cannot ...
Peter Kaufman n...@email.com microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support Try this but generally upgrades of this nature never really work out well. A complete reformat and reinstall will give the best result. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103 Peter On 19 Jul 2004 19:33:56 -0700,

Computer won't load XP? WASRe: ASUS's Approved Ram List?
Lee: Actually, I find XP's ability to delete Vista's restore points useful. Vista ignores my max setting for disk space to be used for restore points (as did XP). And, Disk Cleanup does not always free a significant amount of the disk space used by the restore points. So, a quick boot into XP solves the problem.

Booting into Linux or Windows XP?
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 with XP installed. I've been booting up directly to windows until I recently installed Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1. Now when I boot I get the Welcome Screen where I have to choose my name to finish signing on. When going to "User Accounts" - "Changing the way users log on and

Booting into Windows XP Pro, Get's stuck at the Blue Welcome page ...
Now I do not get the prompt to boot into Windows XP. Vista boots automatically, no questions asked. I really need to access XP, since all of my programs and my work are there. Any help on how to Boot into XP and how to get the bootloader back would be helpful. I am of moderately high technical level so any type of

Duel Booting w/ Suse 9.2 and Windows XP Pro
I formatted a floppy DOS boot disk and booted into DOS, but when I ttry to run chkdsk /f, I get "bad command or file name". Looking in the DIR, there is no CHKDSK. Tell me Windows XP gurus, how can I run CHKDSK and make sure it is fixing everything? Or is it already? Or is this a waste of time? Thank you so much,

Folder opens on desktop on booting into XP
I installed that 512mb stick of ram in that computer, now it refuses to load xp even in safe mode? help? Try the 512MB stick by itself. Your options at this point in time are: 1) Go back to 2x256MB and work on your OS problem. or 2) Test the RAM methodically, before booting into ANY OS. How can an OS function,

Vista partition recognition / windows xp partition recognition?
Should show you on the boot screen what the key is. On lot's of computer it is the "del" key. "pmall" <pm...@sc.co.pima.az.us> wrote in message news:039301c31013$46ec7330$3301280a@phx.gbl... How do you get to the setup in xp? I have tried hitting delete, f8, f2 etc... What is the keystroke I need?

Why get 0x0000007B error when booting into Windows XP Home ...
Rock r...@mail.nospam.net microsoft public windowsxp general Ron wrote: After re-installing XP on a new HD, each time I boot up and pass the POST test, I get a black screen with white text essentially asking me do I want to boot into Home Edition or Professional version. I never indicated during installation

How to fix non-booting XP machine
I normally use a laptop running XP. I download a lot of Windows Updates (as I was instructed to do by a message) and it took nearly all Ssaturday afternoon I tried using F8, booting into safe mode, debugging mode and going back to a previous configuration. Nothing has worked ! Worse still, in trying to get an

EXTREME delays booting into XP with ADSL modem
All my files are still on C: and I can transfer them to H: and use everything in XP - as XP sees all the drives in the system - but I would like to know how I can boot into 98 again. I would also like to know why out of the blue 98 stopped booting for no apparent reason. Please - if anyone has any thought to this,

Booting into copy of XP
Original Message ----- From: "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfri...@nospamgmail.com> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Booting into XP Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter. Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"