Thread: Windows Server 2003 Does Not Start on a Computer That Is Configured for Dual Booting

Windows Server 2003 Does Not Start on a Computer That Is Configured for Dual Booting will you help me in resolving these problem.

In a dual-boot arrangement with Windows XP when you attempt to initiate Windows Server 2003, you might obtain the following error message:

Windows Server 2003 could not launch as the subsequent files were misplaced or else corrupted:

Windows\System32\Config\System Ntldr MISSING

You can try to fix this file by starting Windows setup from unique floppies or else boot from CD-ROM.

Select 'r' at first screen to repair


If some of the subsequent conditions are exact, this problem happens:

• You are dual booting Windows XP as well as Windows Server 2003 and you installed Windows XP after you installed Windows Server 2003.

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• After again installing Windows XP, you might get dual booting Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

Windows XP does not identify the added startup options of Windows Server 2003. It restores the shared Windows boot files Ntldr and Ntdetect.com

To solve this trouble, restore the Windows Server 2003 files (Ntldr and Ntdetect.com):

1. Initiate to the Recovery Setup, type fixboot at the command prompt, and press ENTER.

If the Recovery Setup does not come into view, utilize one of the following steps to initiate the PC so that you can increase entrance to the file system of the boot partition:

o Detail an additional OS on the Boot menu.

o Initiate from the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM, and then at the Windows Setup screen, press R to utilize the Recovery Setup to renovate installation of the Windows.

o Employ a Windows NT 4.0 boot drive which includes the Windows Server 2003 boot folder.

o If your boot separation is a basic drive which is formatted with FAT file system, utilize an MS-DOS boot drive.

2. Copy the Ntldr file and the Ntdetect.com file from the I386 folder on the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM to the root folder of your boot drive (this is typically drive C).

If you are using MS-DOS to perform this file replacement, you may have to use the attrib command to remove the System attribute, the Read-only attribute, and the Hidden attribute from the files. To do so, type the following command lines at the MS-DOS command prompt, and then press ENTER after each line:

o attrib ntdetect.com -r -s -h

o attrib ntldr -r -s -h