windows xp reinstall

[shivaranjan.b]

Dear Friends,

i need to reinstall my windows xp. The problem is that i have windows 2003 in my d:/ drive, If i format my c: drive and reinstall windows xp then windows 2003 will not boot. Is there a way to reinstall windows xp without affecting windows 2003.

Regards,
B.Shivaranjan

 

[QwertyManiac]

Install XP and then after complete nstallation, boot into Win 2003 install disk and FIXBOOT and FIXMBR in repair section of the boot cd...

 

[shivaranjan.b]

Install XP and then after complete nstallation, boot into Win 2003 install disk and FIXBOOT and FIXMBR in repair section of the boot cd...

i donot have a bootable disk of windows 2003 it is my hard disk. how to make that into bootable disk?

 

[Choto Cheeta]

@shivaranjan.b

do u have the ISO of windows server 2003?? then just burn in useing nero a image burning...

or try this...

Creating bootable Windows 2000/XP/2003 Disc (Nero 6)


& for ur 1st question take a look at this...

 

[QwertyManiac]

BTW does nero support FIXMBR ?

 

[QwertyManiac]

try this too

Add a line to ur boot.ini file of XP

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows 2003 Server" /fastdetect


Thats one line...

 

[Choto Cheeta]

@QwertyManiac

dude try to read the posts more carefully... that shivaranjan.b guy asked how to cr8 a bootable disk... thats what i replyed...

 

[QwertyManiac]

I m tellin an alternate way and no offence dude ...
If u r talkin bout reportin , i repoted coz u got 2 posts accidently...

 

[kalpik]

Dear Friends,

i need to reinstall my windows xp. The problem is that i have windows 2003 in my d:/ drive, If i format my c: drive and reinstall windows xp then windows 2003 will not boot. Is there a way to reinstall windows xp without affecting windows 2003.

Regards,
B.Shivaranjan

No need to do anything! Just boot from the XP CD and do a format from the setup itself. The setup will automatically detect and install the correct line into the boot.ini file. So win 2003 will still remain bootable!

 

[yehmeriidhain]

infact kalpik is right! so there is no need to panic just do the reinstallation of XP ..

 

[shivaranjan.b]

No need to do anything! Just boot from the XP CD and do a format from the setup itself. The setup will automatically detect and install the correct line into the boot.ini file. So win 2003 will still remain bootable!

I have now reinstalled xp. i copied the old boot ini file and put it again, now the windows 2003 refuses to boot. how can i boot into it?

 

[shivaranjan.b]

No need to do anything! Just boot from the XP CD and do a format from the setup itself. The setup will automatically detect and install the correct line into the boot.ini file. So win 2003 will still remain bootable!

I have now reinstalled xp. i copied the old boot ini file and put it again, now the windows 2003 refuses to boot. how can i boot into it?

 

[shivaranjan.b]

Hi Guys any solution to this problem?

 

[Vishal Gupta]

There was no need to replace Boot.ini file with the old one...
Now u can boot from XP bootable CD and choose option to repair the windows, it'll automatically correct the problem...

 

[Choto Cheeta]

why dont u check this out??

 

[kalpik]

U should not have replaced the old boot.ini. Windows does what is required itself!

 

[shivaranjan.b]

why dont u check this out??

I tried to the repair console of win 2003 and when i was about to exceute the fixmbr command it warned me that all my partition detail will be lost. If i do fixmbr will it remove my partition table from the harddisk and will i lose all my data?

 

[shivaranjan.b]

Hi guys i have solved the problem. What i did was i booted using win 2003 and went for an fresh install, when the system files were copied i removed the cd. In the boot menu i selected win 2003 (previously installed) and it started booting. In windows 2003 i removed windows 2003 setup from boot.ini and deleted the copied files. And now my pc is working fine.

Thank you guys for your timely help.