thanks, I'll try that, if that fails I have one more plan, and then I take
it to a specialist.
"David Efflandt" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:56:24 GMT, Lord Blue wrote:
OK, I have installed WinXP64 on a FAT32 partition on my PATA hard drive,
the
system does not boot to the drive. Upon further inspection, there does
not
seem to be an ntldr files present. Any ideas why this is? Also can I
transfer ones from another XP Pro (32-Bit) system, and if so, what
string
should I use in the boot.ini file?

Normally if there is another XP system present (not sure about 2k or NT),
WinXP64 will put its ntldr on that system and configure it. A 32-bit
ntldr will not work for 64-bit XP. I found that out when attempting to
add the recovery console to XP Home and ntldr was overwritten with 32-bit
version. I had to grab the 64-bit NTLDR from the I386 dir of the WinXP64
CD.

This is example of boot.ini for XP Home on 2nd partition and XP64 on 3rd
partition (1st partition is FAT32 HP recovery) (note: last 2 lines word
wrapper here):

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Home
Edition" /fastdetect

Lord Blue
"XS11E" wrote in message
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"Lord Blue" wrote in
news:PpvMc.156547$IQ4.33089@attbi_s02:

I tried that, but it said that all of the drivers I had were
corrupted, but the disk is brand new! I probably just don't have
the 64-bit drivers...I'll look for them

Drivers are at http://files.aoaforums.com/index.php?dir=217 or at
http://www.planetAMD64.com

You'll have to register at PlanetAMD64 but they only ask a user name,
password and a valid email address, no personal information. Also
check the Abit site but they likely have none.

Next, you'll want to check out the Windows XP 64-bit newsgroup if you
haven't already.

Look at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv.../trial/support
.mspx





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