Dual boot problem....

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Hi All,

I have a PC which has been built to dual boot between windows XP and server
2003. Recently i have had a problem with it not being able to boot into
server 2003. It gives the options at the start of either the XP or server
operating system, but every time i choose the server option it just reboots
itself.

Can anyone give me any advise as i don't really want to rebuild the machine.

Kind Regards


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Boot from the Server 2003 CD and perform a repair install.

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, How To Do a Repair Installation. The procedure is the same for Server 2003, just make sure you select your server installation for repair.
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"Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:82FB801E-E91A-4A88-97E9-DE69FBAD96B1@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I have a PC which has been built to dual boot between windows XP and server
> 2003. Recently i have had a problem with it not being able to boot into
> server 2003. It gives the options at the start of either the XP or server
> operating system, but every time i choose the server option it just reboots
> itself.
>
> Can anyone give me any advise as i don't really want to rebuild the machine.
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> --
> Peter

 

[Jon]

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Check the contents of the boot.ini file, specifically the partition number
for the server option

Jon


"Peter F" <PeterF@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82FB801E-E91A-4A88-97E9-DE69FBAD96B1@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I have a PC which has been built to dual boot between windows XP and
> server
> 2003. Recently i have had a problem with it not being able to boot into
> server 2003. It gives the options at the start of either the XP or server
> operating system, but every time i choose the server option it just
> reboots
> itself.
>
> Can anyone give me any advise as i don't really want to rebuild the
> machine.
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> --
> Peter