Grub4DOS and Windows XP boot.ini file
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:59 am
Hi, there!
Since some weeks ago, I started having problems with my Windows XP when I wanted to boot it owing to the fact that sometimes it boots and sometimes it doesn't. There are times that it takes 6 tries or more in order to boot Windows XP as opposed to other times that it takes just 1 or 2 tries. I attempted to fix the boot sector and the MBR using the Recovery Console to see if this was a solution, but the behavior remains the same. Common wisdom tells me that this will only get worse over time, up to the point that my Windows XP will be completely unbootable.
As Grub4DOS is an alternative boot loader that works with Windows XP, I would definitely like to give it a show to see if I can solve my problem, but I would like to add it to my Windows XP Boot Manager’s Multiboot Menu and not substitute the default Windows boot loader just in case the problem continues even if Grub4DOS is used. As for the multiboot menu itself, I guess it will be a dual boot menu just showing the default Windows XP boot loader and the Grub4DOS alternative boot loader. The tutorial says that "manually editing boot.ini is all that is required" to do what I am trying to achieve. However, I don't know how to do this. Could somebody please let me know? Also, where do I install Grub4DOS in order for it to work alongside the default boot loader?
Cordially,
Carlos Albert
Disco Makberto
Since some weeks ago, I started having problems with my Windows XP when I wanted to boot it owing to the fact that sometimes it boots and sometimes it doesn't. There are times that it takes 6 tries or more in order to boot Windows XP as opposed to other times that it takes just 1 or 2 tries. I attempted to fix the boot sector and the MBR using the Recovery Console to see if this was a solution, but the behavior remains the same. Common wisdom tells me that this will only get worse over time, up to the point that my Windows XP will be completely unbootable.
As Grub4DOS is an alternative boot loader that works with Windows XP, I would definitely like to give it a show to see if I can solve my problem, but I would like to add it to my Windows XP Boot Manager’s Multiboot Menu and not substitute the default Windows boot loader just in case the problem continues even if Grub4DOS is used. As for the multiboot menu itself, I guess it will be a dual boot menu just showing the default Windows XP boot loader and the Grub4DOS alternative boot loader. The tutorial says that "manually editing boot.ini is all that is required" to do what I am trying to achieve. However, I don't know how to do this. Could somebody please let me know? Also, where do I install Grub4DOS in order for it to work alongside the default boot loader?
Cordially,
Carlos Albert
Disco Makberto