Would like to make a Windows Server 2003 partition bootable

[sharon139]

Hello,

I have a laptop with three partitions, configured as follows:

Partition 1: XP (bootable)
Partition 2: XP (bootable)
Partition 3: Windows Server 2003 (non-bootable)

To log into Windows Server 2003 I select Partition 2 and then on the multi-boot menu that pops up I select the 2nd option which is the Windows Server 2003 O/S.

What I would like to do is be able to log onto the Windows Server 2003 partition directly, but I have no idea how to achieve this.

Ideally I would like to retain the XP operating systems on Partitions 1 & 2, however if it’s necessary for me to blow these away then so be it.

Could some one please explain (in steps) how I could make Partition 3 bootable without losing the O/S on it?... Do I have to use the utilities “fxmbr” and “fixboot”, and if so how?

Your help would be much appreciated.

Kind regards

Sharon

 

[Lemon13]

right click my computer, choose properties-advanced-start and recover, there you can set the server2003 entry as default

M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA

 

[sharon139]

Hello there,

I tried your suggestion, and when I click the Settings button under "start and Recovery" I get the following message:

"The C:\boot.in file can not be opened. Operating System
and Timing settings cannot be change."

Then on the Startup and Recovery dialog box that pops up the Default operating system field is blank so there is no file to edit.

I guess this is because the necessary boot files are actually on the XP operating system, on Partition 2.

If I repeat the procedure logged into the XP operating system on Partition 2 I see the following entries in the boot.ini file:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut


Any further suggestions I could try?

Thanks

S

 

[Lemon13]

so change it to

timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptOut
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS



M. Knorr

MCSE, MCTS, MCSA, CCNA