august 15 auto update problem

[Guest Neil]

Hi:

 

I am running XP on an XP DeskStation P4 which auto updated tonight. When

turned on the xp login password was initially not recognized with several

restarts required. On first succesful restart it appears that the system is

running on an old IBM preload NTFS partition and not on the old second

preload partition. Restore point to last pre-auto update did nothing. How do

I restore to the second partition?

 

Neil

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: august 15 auto update problem

 

 

"Neil" <Neil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi:

>

> I am running XP on an XP DeskStation P4 which auto updated tonight. When

> turned on the xp login password was initially not recognized with several

> restarts required. On first succesful restart it appears that the system

> is

> running on an old IBM preload NTFS partition and not on the old second

> preload partition. Restore point to last pre-auto update did nothing. How

> do

> I restore to the second partition?

>

> Neil

 

From your description it appears that you have several partitions

on your disk and you are now running off the wrong partition.

The Windows "System Restore" facility would have no effect on

this issue: It restores the current Windows installation to a previous

point but it won't affect other Windows installations (nor should it!).

 

A good starting point would be to post your current partition layout:

- What partitions do you have?

- Which ones are primary, which ones are logical?

- Which one is active?

- Where is the preferred version of Windows installed.

 

This is usually done with a partition manager, e.g. Acronis DiskDirector.

Alternatively you could temporarily connect the disk as a slave disk

to some other WinXP/2000 PC and run diskmgmt.msc.

 

You should also report the contents of the hidden file c:\boot.ini.