Missing Multiple Boot Choices at start up

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Muhammad Ali Pasha

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Hi,

I installed a new window xp on my C drive, i had already one installed on D drive of my computer.
But now the boot choices are gone and the window on D drive boot path is not appearing in Run>Msconfig>Boot.Ini as well. That window is used by someone else. How can i make it appear again
one more thing > 2 days before the windows on D drive showed missing profile message at start and it opened without the original profile.
:/
Helpppp
 
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1. Go to Control Panel \ System \ Advanced \ Startup and Recovery \ Settings \ Edit \ and copy & paste the text below replacing what you already have in the Boot.ini file. Save and Exit. The OS Boot Selection Screen should be back and the line added to msconfig.

2. User profiles sometimes get corrupted for different reasons and a new profile is created by the system, that is what apparently occured in the WinXP on your D drive. It would be best that you move the personal files in the old profile to the new profile folder... you can also make the new profile use the old profile folder but it gets a little complicated. It involves some registry editing and folder renaming, etc. so you may want to apply the easiest solution which is to...
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1. Go to Control Panel \ System \ Advanced \ Startup and Recovery \ Settings \ Edit \ and copy & paste the text below replacing what you already have in the Boot.ini file. Save and Exit. The OS Boot Selection Screen should be back and the line added to msconfig.

2. User profiles sometimes get corrupted for different reasons and a new profile is created by the system, that is what apparently occured in the WinXP on your D drive. It would be best that you move the personal files in the old profile to the new profile folder... you can also make the new profile use the old profile folder but it gets a little complicated. It involves some registry editing and folder renaming, etc. so you may want to apply the easiest solution which is to move user files to the new profile folder.

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copy and paste the following text to your Boot.ini file:
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[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional C" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional D" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
 
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