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- Get to know Windows Vista's new boot loader architecture
- This article is available as a TechRepublic download.Are you planning onusing Windows Vista in a dual?boot configuration on your Windows XP system? Ifso, you've may have read my article How do I... Install Windows Vista in adual-boot configuration along with Windows XP?. While I explained the process of setting up...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista
- Technical articles 2007-03-22
- MBR will not boot Windows
- Juvenile mistake folks. I apologize for my ignorance.I installed Linux Red Hat 7 from an old book in an attempt to become Linux savvy. This is where it gets spooky. HPOEM Pre-install Win XP SP2 No RECOVERY CONSOLETwo Physical HDDsI
- Tags: boot manager, mbr, boot loader, windows, Chris_Carter_zero@..., Linux, cable, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-11-20
- ntoskrnl.exe missing at bootup
- I had the following config of OS on my PC:C: Win XP sp2 rootD: XP 64bit 2003 editionE: longhorn on my PC.C: accidently got formatted & xpsp2 reinstalled: I edited the new MBR to show the other distros...When I try to load the other...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, Boot Loader
- Q&A 2006-02-08
- The INquisitive Mind..Let's find out the answers together.
- blog rootinstalling unix or linux on a second hard driveI have a system with dual drives right now, i'm running windows xp pro on one of the drives, the second drive is free, i was wondering if i can install linux on it and if possible any tutorials or article...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, mikand00@..., loader, boot loader, Grub, Linux, second hard drive, Red Hat Inc., hard drive
- Discussion threads 2005-05-21
- The flash ROM boot loader performs critical actions
- The flash ROMboot loader plays a crucial role in any embedded device that uses nonvolatile reprogrammable flash ROM for its program code. The boot loader is the first code that the CPU executes after a system reset and must therefore initialize the device. It must also be able to reprogram...
- Tags: David Brenan, ROM, loader, boot loader, application code
- Technical articles 2003-06-17
- Quick Tip: Remove Windows 2000 manually on a dual-boot machine
- Simplify bootup by removing all Windows 2000 files, including the boot loader.When you install Windows 2000 to a new folder or partition on an existing Windows 9x system for dual booting, Windows 2000 Setup modifies the boot sector to load the Windows 2000 boot loader at boot. The boot loader...
- Tags: Operating systems, Jim Boyce, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, loader, Windows 9X, boot loader
- Technical articles 2002-08-19
- Introduction to Linux boot loaders
- See how the Linux boot loaders LILO and GRUB work, and how to configure and manage them.One of the remaining mysteries of Linux for many people is how to change the system startup. Sure, you've completed the installation, but now you want to tweak it a little bit. Perhaps you've...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Vincent Danen, loader, Using LILO, LILO, Linux, Grub, boot loader
- Technical articles 2001-10-10
Additional Resources
- Get to know Windows Vista's new boot loader architecture
- You don't need to know about what goes on in the background in order to set up and use Windows Vista in a dual-boot configuration. However, if you plan on attempting to modify the boot procedure like you may have done when dual-booting Windows XP and previous Windows operating systems,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2007-03-22
- booting to two Linuxes
- does anyone know how to boot to two different linuxes on two hard drives?Hi well that's quite a general question.depending on the distribution you will be using lilo or grub or whatever boot loader comes with the distribution.the best thing to do is to go into the config file for...
- Tags: Linux, gig, loader, distro
- Q&A 2005-04-06
- Lost login
- I have Red Hat Linux 9 installed on another computer but it has been so long since I used it I forgetmy login username and password. Is there a way to get around this?yes you can login in single user mode also called as resuce mode and reset...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, AbbeTech, LILO, Press
- Q&A 2004-10-19
- Change boot options in Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Professional uses a text file, Boot.ini, in the root folder of the boot drive to define boot options. The settings in Boot.ini determine the menu options that appear when you start the system, as well as how long the menu stays on the screen before the default boot...
- Tags: Windows 2000 Professional, tip
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- edit os choice menu during boot-up
- i installed two os on two different pcs. in one case, two xp pro on two HD,one of whitch was later removed.In other case xp pro & vista rc1(on two different HD, & both are still on same PC).Vista was envetually removed and drive reformatted.Both pc have partion magic 8...
- Tags: loader, menu choice, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system, tujordan20@..., windows
- Q&A 2006-09-26
- WINDOWS 2000 LOADER 3 ERROR AND MORE!
- loader 3 error i have tried inserting a windows 2000 cd and booting from it,but it states no swap disk available and aborts,i cannot get to the c: drive and therefore cannot run fixboot. not allowing me to run 2000 repair. Is there any way of accessing the c: or...
- Tags: dan.t@..., Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, loader
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Install Windows 2000 Professional over Linux
- If you're returning to Windows 2000 Professional after trying Linux, you might run into a small problem caused by incompatibilities on the Master Boot Record. Here's how to untangle the problem and get Windows running smoothly again. Assume you installed Linux on a computer a while back for ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux, Jim Boyce, Operating systems, computer, Master Boot Record, Windows 2000 Professional Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Software
- Technical articles 2006-08-21
- Multi Boot Choice
- I have 98 & XP installed on the same harddrive but do not have the choice to pick which one to boot to from the boot startup when i am in XP the XP drive comes up as C:/ and 98 comes up as E:/ I tried adding (E:/"Windows98") to...
- Tags: elvis035@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows XP, windows
- Q&A 2005-09-08
- Start up with the OS you choose with this PC hack of the Windows boot loader
- By completing a successful hack of the Windows boot loader file, you can specify which operating system and configuration you would like to load during the boot process. Many power users, IT professionals and network administrators need to have different operating systems available on the same machine....
- Tags: PC, Operating System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2005-10-06
- Why use BootMagic?
- Dose anyone suggest the use of BootMagic? Im currently running 3 OS's: Windows XP, Windows x64, and Windows Vista. Is there any point to using BootMagic? Or is BootMagic only meant for special situations? Just prefference? If so, would you suggest the use of it?For a system that multi-boots different...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, BootMagic, Norehca, software, operating system
- Q&A 2006-04-09
- 2 Drives, 2 Operating systems
- I have Win XP on my master drive. I have cleaned out my 2nd drive and want to install another OS. Do I have to make the 2nd drive master whenever I want to use this OS? Or is there a way for both to be master and just switch...
- Tags: jendean71@..., Microsoft Windows XP, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-02-05
- Multiple Boots
- I have two harddisks with the same OS ie, XP 2000.I want the booting to be in such a way that, i should be prompted to choose which of the HDD would i prefere to use.I am using a DELL board.It's easy, modify your boot.ini file on C: and you...
- Tags: operating system, dwomohmoney@..., windows, Multi-boot
- Q&A 2006-03-15
- Data Loader (exe)
- Data Loader is designed to load data into an Oracle database. Oracle does not offer a way of loading data directly into the database from a text-based or excel-based file. The only way to do this is to use SQL Loader, which needs to have specific control files written. Data...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Loader, Microsoft Windows XP, Databases, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2004-10-21
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