WinXP dual boot install to separate HD breaks Win2k

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I have an Abit AN7 system with integrated SATA controller. C: drive
with the Win2kSP4 installation is a SATA drive. I added an IDE drive
and installed Win2K on it originally in a dual boot configuration. That
worked well until this second installation became corrupt. I installed
WinXP to this second drive, selecting the delete partition and quick
format options. Afterwards, the C:boot.ini shows both the original
Win2k and the new WinXP boot options and WinXP boots and operates fine
on drive D:, but now the Win2k bootup reports, "Windows 2000 could not
start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This occurs immediately after
selecting that boot option, not after the horizontal progress bar
appears like when this file is really corrupt. Replacing the reg hives
from a backup set doesn't change anything either. This appears to be a
boot file problem rather than a registry problem. It appears the WinXP
install overwrote the Win2K ntldr and ntdetect.com files on C: drive, as
it's supposed to (dates and filesize match the CD files). I'm not sure
what else gets overwritten. I'm at a loss. Ideas?

Scott

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You have install win2k first, then install winxp

"Rebus" <snoga@excite.com> wrote in message
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>I have an Abit AN7 system with integrated SATA controller. C: drive with
>the Win2kSP4 installation is a SATA drive. I added an IDE drive and
>installed Win2K on it originally in a dual boot configuration. That worked
>well until this second installation became corrupt. I installed WinXP to
>this second drive, selecting the delete partition and quick format options.
>Afterwards, the C:boot.ini shows both the original Win2k and the new WinXP
>boot options and WinXP boots and operates fine on drive D:, but now the
>Win2k bootup reports, "Windows 2000 could not start because the following
>file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This occurs
>immediately after selecting that boot option, not after the horizontal
>progress bar appears like when this file is really corrupt. Replacing the
>reg hives from a backup set doesn't change anything either. This appears
>to be a boot file problem rather than a registry problem. It appears the
>WinXP install overwrote the Win2K ntldr and ntdetect.com files on C: drive,
>as it's supposed to (dates and filesize match the CD files). I'm not sure
>what else gets overwritten. I'm at a loss. Ideas?
>
> Scott