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boot up problem help me!!!!!

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/boot-up-problem-help-me.52043/

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mastery20 Original post #1
Mar 11, 2007 at 11:07 AM
hi,when i install win 2000 is not able boot xp.i already installed xp .when i select xp it is not able to boot .give a better solution
advance thanks
uchiha.sasuke
Mar 11, 2007 at 11:17 AM
not getting ur prob....plz specify it clearly...
Vishal Gupta
Mar 11, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Boot using XP Setup CD and enter into Recovery Console. Then give following commands:

fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild
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Mar 11, 2007 at 7:48 PM
uchiha.sasuke said:
not getting ur prob....plz specify it clearly...
hi,thank anyway .already i had a xp in my system.when i install win 2000 (newly) in my system i am not able to boot xp.when i select winxp it is showing win 2000 screen .but i restarts the system.even i am able to format my disk.
plz help me
nileshgr
Mar 11, 2007 at 7:56 PM
mastery20 said:
hi,thank anyway .already i had a xp in my system.when i install win 2000 (newly) in my system i am not able to boot xp.when i select winxp it is showing win 2000 screen .but i restarts the system.even i am able to format my disk.
plz help me
now ur prob. is correct. i hv tried doing the same thing wht you hv done and i observed that if xp is installed first, and then u install 2k, it does boot to 2k but not xp. so i thnk since 2k is junior to xp, u wud hv to install 2k first and then xp.

anyway try doin what vishal says:

Vishal Gupta said:
Boot using XP Setup CD and enter into Recovery Console. Then give following commands:

fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild
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M
Mar 11, 2007 at 7:57 PM
Vishal Gupta said:
Boot using XP Setup CD and enter into Recovery Console. Then give following commands:

fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /rebuild
thanks man /guru of windows.while i format my hdd it show a error then i started to reinstall my XP os ."your disk may be damaged".while registering component stairred line s where coming.again i restarts for installing.
uchiha.sasuke
Mar 11, 2007 at 10:03 PM
m agree wid "the unknown",i might have install xp prior to win 2k........n regarding reinstalling xp better to check ur cd and try wid another one.....