Re: Dual Boot (Nigel Wade)

[Nigel Wade <nmw ion le ac uk>]

eric s riley us army mil wrote:
> Hello-
>   I had written with the same problem (although with Windows XP, and 
> R.H. 8), and did the same thing, and...
>
>
> > From: "Simon's" <simoncourtney btopenworld com>
> > Subject: Re: Dual Boot
> > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:47:57 -0000
>
>
> > Thanks Nigel I have now entered this into the file. I have rebooted
> > and the option of "Windows" now appears, however, when selected the
> > screen goes black and then goes back to GRUB screen, i.e. it does
> > nothing!
>
>
> I got the same result.  I also had the advice of using the grub command 
> line to enter the commands directly:
>
> grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> grub> makeactive
> grub> chainloader +1
> grub> boot
>
> I then get the message:
>
> invalid boot.ini file
> booting from C:\windows
> missing file \windows\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
> use original setup CD-ROM (select 'r' at first screen for repair)
>
> Which CD, I don't have (since MS doesn't trust us with that kind of 
> thing anymore, I suppose).
>
> So- any thoughts?
>
> cheers-
>        Eric

I take this is 2k or XP? I think this means your registry is fubar, or 
at least Windows can't read it. It does require a repair disk to fix it, 
or a complete re-install. I've had to do this once and it's not nice.

Didn't your system come with any CD's? I'd have thought it would at 
least have had a repair CD.

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