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General Category => Software => Topic started by: rdc on September 26, 2001, 06:43:52 AM
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I have installed an rc1 eval dsk from xp pro dual booting with w2k .
Now my symevent doesn\'t function anymore so my automatic virus detection is disabled in w2k. I have repaired the boot system of w2k and they replaced ntldr and other bootfiles ,and NAV is functioning again , but now I cannot enter winXP anymore .If I let XP repair his bootfiles .my NAV will not work , is terer a way around .
Win XP on C drive 0
Win 2k on D drive 1 ( Bootfiles on C:)
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Repair the bootfiles using Windows 2000 and then edit the boot.ini file to boot XP as well.
This is my hard drive config - 4 partitions
WIN98 - Primary
WIN2K - Hidden primary
PROGRAMS - logical drive in extended partition
STORAGE - logical drive in extended partition (XP here)
This is the boot.ini file used to boot any OS, (using the XP boot loader though)
[boot loader]
timeout=4
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)WINDOWS=\"Microsoft Windows XP Professional\" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINNT=\"Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional\" /fastdetect
C: = \"Microsoft Windows\"
Setup your 2k boot.ini similar to this and you should be golden. Make sure your partition data is correct.
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Tks Big Z , I found the solution .
As I allways have the latest symantec updates automatically ,
I found a small prog on the site of Symantec SEINST.EXE to update the SYMEVENT files and that did it .
I didn\' understand at first because when I changed the ntldr and ntdetect.com from winxp to the ones from w2k , the symevent file was loaded in w2k,but I had to change the files again to boot in winXP .With the normal ntldr and ntdetect.com files from XP , w2k loaded also normally but only the symevent file did not function .
Anyway tks again for the reply .