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Sociable · 23-02-2004, 21:12

My best bet is the the location for the XP partition got messed in the boot.ini file on C:\ with the changes made after adding an extra HD and running the boot magic so that is the file that may need editing.

But as others have said you should be able to use the XP CD to repair or even overwrite the existing install without any loss of data. At worst you may need to reinstall some programs but data files as such should survive the process as you will not be doing a format.

Hope that helps.

EDIT: From memory there should be an option to go to last known good boot which will revert to that version of the startup files see if you can get to that via holding the Ctrl key down on boot or hitting the F8 key prior to windows trying to load.

23-02-2004, 21:12	#12
Sociable Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Knebworth Age: 73 Posts: 1,816	Re: Partition Magic, Boot Magic: XP won't start! My best bet is the the location for the XP partition got messed in the boot.ini file on C:\ with the changes made after adding an extra HD and running the boot magic so that is the file that may need editing. But as others have said you should be able to use the XP CD to repair or even overwrite the existing install without any loss of data. At worst you may need to reinstall some programs but data files as such should survive the process as you will not be doing a format. Hope that helps. EDIT: From memory there should be an option to go to last known good boot which will revert to that version of the startup files see if you can get to that via holding the Ctrl key down on boot or hitting the F8 key prior to windows trying to load.