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- From: mike-b@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Michael Bishop)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
- Subject: Experiment in booting NT
- Message-ID: <137670012@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 15:38:47 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- I have one hard disc which is divided between the C: (primary DOS)
- partition, and the D: (extended DOS) partition. I intalled NT to
- the D: partition using the dos2nt batch file. Everything worked okay
- after the installation.
-
- As an experiment, I backed up both partitions onto tape (using a
- CMS Jumbo 250 tape unit), then reformated both partitions using DOS
- ("format c: /s" and "format d:"). Then, I restored both partitions
- from the tape backup.
-
- Well, it wasn't that surprising to see that the NT bootloader was no
- longer starting up at boot time. Instead, DOS boots up normally. This
- is because the DOS format command rewrites the boot sector on the DOS
- primary partition. The NT boot loader has no way of getting started.
-
- My question is: Can I reinstall the NT boot loader without reinstalling
- the entire NT system again?
-
- And the corollary question: Can I uninstall the NT bootloader without
- having to use DOS to reformat the primary DOS partition?
-
- My motivation is simply to have better control over my disc drive for
- booting, defragmentation, and the correct restoration of files and
- boot sectors.
-
- Thanks for the help.
-
- Michael Bishop
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- Internet: mike-b@fc.hp.com
-