Windows 2000 triple boot

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We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After
completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt and
win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt
this?
mc
 
Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does
"it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been upgraded.
Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed along side of
Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade.


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"mc" wrote:
> We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After
> completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt and
> win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt
> this?
> mc
>
 
Dave,
thanks for the response.

Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT
Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS
Drive E: is the cd-rom
Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB
Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB

NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed.
Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not appear
in the boot menu.
mc

"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:B8BF7E42-FB1D-49E1-B8F5-E63A9EF0AC85@microsoft.com...
> Can you describe the operating system and partition arrangement? What does
> "it has been altering win nt" mean? Your Windows NT may have been
> upgraded. Also note that Windows NT4 needs at least SP4 to be installed
> along side of Windows 2000 because of the NTFS file system upgrade.
>
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "mc" wrote:
>> We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and win 2000.After
>> completing the final install with Win 2000 it has been altering win nt
>> and win nt does not appear in the boot menu. Is there an best way to
>> attempt this?
>> mc
>>
>
 
Can you post the text of boot.ini ?


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"mc" wrote:
> Dave,
> thanks for the response.
>
> Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT
> Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS
> Drive E: is the cd-rom
> Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB
> Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB
>
> NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed.
> Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not appear
> in the boot menu.
> mc
 
This is it Dave,

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
C:\="MS-DOS"


"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can you post the text of boot.ini ?
>
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
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>
> "mc" wrote:
>> Dave,
>> thanks for the response.
>>
>> Drive C: is 2GB with dos and win3.1-FAT
>> Drive D: is 4GB with winNT 4.0-NTFS
>> Drive E: is the cd-rom
>> Drive F: is blank unformatted partition-2GB
>> Drive G: is win2000 NTFS-120GB
>>
>> NT doesn't show up in the boot menu after windows 2000 is installed.
>> Relative to sp4 we tried sp6 with the same results where nt did not
>> appear in the boot menu.
>> mc
>
 
Windows 2000 is installed to the second partition of disk0 Where is Windows
NT installed? Are C,D,F,G all partitions on the same disk? If so you might
try


[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
C:\="MS-DOS"


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"mc" wrote:
> This is it Dave,
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
> C:\="MS-DOS"
 
Should have been

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
C:\="MS-DOS"

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Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week.
mc
"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Should have been
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000
> Professional" /fastdetect
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT 1"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINNT="Windows NT 3"
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(4)\WINNT="Windows NT 4"
> C:\="MS-DOS"
>
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>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
You're welcome.

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"mc" wrote:
> Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week.
> mc
 
Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu win2000.
nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We are going
to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then NT4.0 (maybe
drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun begin..
mc
"Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You're welcome.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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>
> "mc" wrote:
>> Thanks Dave we'll give it a try later this week.
>> mc
 
"mc" <wcwall.awm@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu
> win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We
> are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then
> NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun
> begin..
> mc

If you're starting all over again then you should consider
using a proper boot loader instead of the native Windows
boot loader. XOSL is one of them. It lets you boot into
any number of OSs and it lets you keep them completely
separate. Each of them can be made to run off its own
drive C:. XOSL is free.

Post again if you need more details.
 
If you're starting over then install OS's in order oldest first, newest
last. You must service pack NT4 to at least SP4 before installing Windows
2000



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"mc" wrote:
> Dave we tried your boot ini which shows 5 options in the boot menu
> win2000. nt1, nt2,nt3, and dos but we still could not get back into nt. We
> are going to start over and try installing 2000 to drive D first, then
> NT4.0 (maybe drive E or F or G) , and then install dos last. Let the fun
> begin..
> mc
 
"mc" asked:

> We are trying to triple boot dos(+win3.1), win nt4.0, and
> win 2000.After completing the final install with Win 2000
> it has been altering win nt and win nt does not appear in
> the boot menu. Is there an best way to attempt this?

Use a third-party boot-loader instead. Another responder
recommended "XOSL", which I'm not familiar with, so I can
neither criticize nor recommend. Personally, I use
"Boot Magic" and "Partition Magic" (both originally from
PowerQuest, but both now owned by Symantec).

My home computer is a triple-booter, with partitions
arranged as follows (as near as I can recall i'm not
at home right now):

Primary 1: MS-DOS 6.22 (I could add Windows 3.1 if I
really wanted to get "retro", but haven't yet)

Primary 2: Linux Boot Partition (tiny partition with just
the essential bootstrapping files)

Primary 3: Windows 2000 Pro boot partition (drive C:),
about 20GB, mostly just "C:\WINNT" and
"C:\Program Files".

Extended: Chopped into several slices:
Slice 1: drive D: (text and pictures)
Slice 2: drive E: (music and sounds)
Slice 3: linux root ("/"), about 20GB.
Slice 4: linux swap, about 2GB.

(System also contains 2 more physical internal hard
disks, plus a 300GB external backup hard disk.)

When I turn on my computer, after entering BIOS password,
I'm sent to the "Boot Magic OS Selection Screen" (launched
from the Master Boot Record), which allows me to select from
DOS, Linux, or Windows. On clicking one of those, the
appropriate OS is launched from the corresponding partition
boot track.

Note that the partition boot track may have it's own
bootloader, sending you to one of a selection of
related OSs. My Win2K had that, but I disabled it,
since it didn't recognize all my OSs.

Try to find a copy of the User's Manual which came with the
original PowerQuest Partition Magic. That slim booklet taught
me more about computer science -- especially partions,
partition tables, master boot records, partition boot tracks,
and computer bootstrapping -- than I ever learned from a
whole shelf of books. But Symantec dumbed it down for the
masses when they got ahold of it, so you'd need to find
an old version.

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