figurin'..... Zeph, Time for more bafflin'...I'll start with the fact that it now boots into both OS'es with both disks on the primary HPT...
The one thing... Zeph, The one thing that bugs the s*it out of me is that this hardware setup worked fine for 6 months until windowsupdate...
Ok Zeph, The type is listed as 07 (zero 7) for all drives which is "installable file system- NTFS, HPFS" and end cylinder is 1023 for all...
he's back................... Billy, Thx for the input, guess we both are learning huh? Zeph and Bursley, BIOS protection is turned OFF...
I appreciate all the input but I won't be able to do anything until tomorrow. I'll keep you posted... Heydre
hmmmmmmm Billybob, Went into computer management to view disk status. My XP disk (which Iam booted into right now) is listed as "Boot" and...
the last hurrah.... Zeph, You're quite a trooper for sticking it out for so long. I really do appreciate your expertise. I learned a lot....
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm Zeph, Get this.....copied your post to boot.ini file and it boots to EITHER OS. I can get into XP or 2k when I use the...
Is this supposed to happen? Zeph, Check this out... when I boot from XP floppy drives are: C: XP OS D: CD-rom E: DVD-rom F: 2k OS G:...
OK OK OK Zeph, Did the fixboot...guess what???? Nada same s*it You have NO idea how long this has been a problem. I'll try the new...
As I expected Are we s*it out of luck? Copied over files and no dice....systemd Heydre
;asdlkfj;asldkfjs Zeph, I appreciate you taking the time to help. Just virus scanned the mbr....nada. I'll copy over the files but...
The fix Just fixmbr'd both disks (HardDisk0, HardDisk2) listed as C:(2K) and E:(XP), respectively, in repair console. Same result: systemd...
I'll try again Zeph, I'll try it again. I am almost positive I fixmbr'd both disks (2k, and XP). But maybe I didn't soooooooooo I'll do it...
I thought we had it Zeph, The mystery continues...and to think this whole %#^% thing started a month ago cause windowsupdate hosed my XP...
that narrows it down Zeph, Now that's a good method for narrowing it down. I put all the files on the floppy and it booted fine into XP....
Here's the situation: I have 3 HD's running on a HPT370a built in controller and 2 optical running off the integrated IDE channels. The board...
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