XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today, AVG did
some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started crashing
out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried booting in Safe
Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while and then
reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that this can
be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since I'm dual booting,
I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system files from 64 bit,
would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64 bit, or must I do the
repair installation? Thanks...

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because the
32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files before
hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to do the
32-bit repair install.

I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything, and
then you might be in worse shape.


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Dennis Gordon wrote:
> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today, AVG
> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried booting
> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while and
> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that
> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since I'm
> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system files
> from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64 bit, or
> must I do the repair installation? Thanks...

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a repair
installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because the
> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to do
> the 32-bit repair install.
>
> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything,
> and then you might be in worse shape.
>
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today, AVG
>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried booting
>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while and
>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that
>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since I'm
>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system files
>> from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64 bit, or
>> must I do the repair installation? Thanks...
>
>

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay attention
to the file details, since I always install in the correct order anyway.
(and in these days of virtual machines have little or no use for dual
booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its equivalent.)

You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when you're
done. :(


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Dennis Gordon wrote:
> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
> time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a repair
> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because the
>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to
>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>
>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything,
>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today, AVG
>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried booting
>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while and
>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that
>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since I'm
>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64
>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
From an earlier post by John Barnes:
Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save copies
of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version as it will
overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86 system after it
boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the ones installed by
x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or safest is to go into
the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as it will know what the
disk setup is and which is not always obvious when trying to rebuild it in
system properties.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:uTewltO2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay attention
> to the file details, since I always install in the correct order anyway.
> (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no use for dual
> booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its equivalent.)
>
> You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
> you're done. :(
>
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
>> time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a repair
>> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
>> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because
>>> the
>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to
>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>
>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything,
>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie.
>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>
>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today, AVG
>>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried
>>>> booting
>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while and
>>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that
>>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since I'm
>>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64
>>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...
>
>

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

Well I didn't give up easily. Facing the prospect of bollixing both OSes, I
decided to will XP Pro back to life, by rebooting again and again (yeah, I
know...it sounds stupid). What I noticed though, is that if I tried getting
to the System Restore panel immediately after the desktop appeared, I could
get a few more seconds each time before I crashed with an IRQ Less Than
Equal error. On about the 8th try I made it all the way to System Restore
and was able to run it... and here I am. Of course, AVG immediately reloaded
the update as well as several Windows updates, so if there's a conflict, I
should find out as soon as I reboot....


"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OYH5F7O2FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
> From an earlier post by John Barnes:
> Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save
> copies
> of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version as it
> will
> overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86 system after it
> boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the ones installed
> by
> x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or safest is to go into
> the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as it will know what the
> disk setup is and which is not always obvious when trying to rebuild it in
> system properties.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
> news:uTewltO2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay
>> attention to the file details, since I always install in the correct
>> order anyway. (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no
>> use for dual booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its
>> equivalent.)
>>
>> You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
>> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
>> you're done. :(
>>
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
>>> time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a
>>> repair
>>> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because
>>>> the
>>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to
>>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>>
>>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything,
>>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today,
>>>>> AVG
>>>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>>>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried
>>>>> booting
>>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while
>>>>> and
>>>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see that
>>>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since
>>>>> I'm
>>>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in 64
>>>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...
>>
>>
>

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

....and here I am again... so it seems that Windows healed itself...;-)
Now I need to clone this noisy boot disk onto the new drive that arrived
today...


"Dennis Gordon" <dgordon@wjinc.com> wrote in message
news:uejiGnQ2FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Well I didn't give up easily. Facing the prospect of bollixing both OSes,
> I decided to will XP Pro back to life, by rebooting again and again (yeah,
> I know...it sounds stupid). What I noticed though, is that if I tried
> getting to the System Restore panel immediately after the desktop
> appeared, I could get a few more seconds each time before I crashed with
> an IRQ Less Than Equal error. On about the 8th try I made it all the way
> to System Restore and was able to run it... and here I am. Of course, AVG
> immediately reloaded the update as well as several Windows updates, so if
> there's a conflict, I should find out as soon as I reboot....
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OYH5F7O2FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
>> From an earlier post by John Barnes:
>> Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save
>> copies
>> of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version as it
>> will
>> overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86 system after it
>> boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the ones installed
>> by
>> x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or safest is to go into
>> the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as it will know what the
>> disk setup is and which is not always obvious when trying to rebuild it
>> in
>> system properties.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
>> news:uTewltO2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay
>>> attention to the file details, since I always install in the correct
>>> order anyway. (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no
>>> use for dual booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its
>>> equivalent.)
>>>
>>> You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
>>> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
>>> you're done. :(
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie.
>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>
>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
>>>> time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a
>>>> repair
>>>> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>>>
>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because
>>>>> the
>>>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have
>>>>> to
>>>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get
>>>>> everything,
>>>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today,
>>>>>> AVG
>>>>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>>>>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried
>>>>>> booting
>>>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since
>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>>>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in
>>>>>> 64
>>>>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

Yes, I've seen it. Usually means a corrupted database that has managed to
fix a portion each time. (I've had it happen with AD and DNS on a system
that was having disk problems, for example.)

Get that disk out. Definitely.


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Dennis Gordon wrote:
> ...and here I am again... so it seems that Windows healed itself...;-)
> Now I need to clone this noisy boot disk onto the new drive that arrived
> today...
>
>
> "Dennis Gordon" <dgordon@wjinc.com> wrote in message
> news:uejiGnQ2FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Well I didn't give up easily. Facing the prospect of bollixing both OSes,
>> I decided to will XP Pro back to life, by rebooting again and again
>> (yeah, I know...it sounds stupid). What I noticed though, is that if I
>> tried getting to the System Restore panel immediately after the desktop
>> appeared, I could get a few more seconds each time before I crashed with
>> an IRQ Less Than Equal error. On about the 8th try I made it all the way
>> to System Restore and was able to run it... and here I am. Of course, AVG
>> immediately reloaded the update as well as several Windows updates, so if
>> there's a conflict, I should find out as soon as I reboot....
>>
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:OYH5F7O2FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
>>> From an earlier post by John Barnes:
>>> Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save
>>> copies
>>> of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version as it
>>> will
>>> overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86 system after
>>> it boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the ones
>>> installed by
>>> x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or safest is to go
>>> into the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as it will know
>>> what the disk setup is and which is not always obvious when trying to
>>> rebuild it in
>>> system properties.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>> message news:uTewltO2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay
>>>> attention to the file details, since I always install in the correct
>>>> order anyway. (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no
>>>> use for dual booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its
>>>> equivalent.)
>>>>
>>>> You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
>>>> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
>>>> you're done. :(
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have
>>>>> the time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a
>>>>> repair
>>>>> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>>>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get
>>>>>> everything,
>>>>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today,
>>>>>>> AVG
>>>>>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I started
>>>>>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried
>>>>>>> booting
>>>>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since
>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>>>>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in
>>>>>>> 64
>>>>>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

yeah, probably that one.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:
> This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
> From an earlier post by John Barnes:
> Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save
> copies of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version
> as it will overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86
> system after it boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the
> ones installed by x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or
> safest is to go into the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as
> it will know what the disk setup is and which is not always obvious when
> trying to rebuild it in system properties.
>> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay
>> attention to the file details, since I always install in the correct
>> order anyway. (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no
>> use for dual booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its
>> equivalent.) You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have
>> on your
>> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
>> you're done. :(
>>
>>
>> --
>> Charlie.
>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>
>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have the
>>> time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do a
>>> repair installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>>
>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>> message news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis. Because
>>>> the
>>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have to
>>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>>
>>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get everything,
>>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Charlie.
>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>
>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today,
>>>>> AVG did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I
>>>>> started crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared.
>>>>> Tried booting
>>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while
>>>>> and then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see
>>>>> that this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but
>>>>> since I'm dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP
>>>>> Pro system files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem
>>>>> while in 64 bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...

Re: XP Pro stopping on ACPITABL.DAT
 

Well I got good news and bad. The good is using Acronis Migrate Easy (the
lite version of their utilities) I easily cloned my boot drive to a new
drive. Took about 15 minutes. The bad news is that whatever corruption was
on the old disk has been transferred over to the new one. So, while XP 64
bit continues to run very well, my XP Pro side of things (on the new cloned
drive) is still crashing shortly after booting... every time.

Looks like I'll need to do the repair install after all. I hate to do it if
it's gonna screw up XP 64 bit. As I understand it. I need to save the
ntdetect.com and ntldr files from the 386 install; boot with the XP Pro CD
and do a repair install; then replace those two files in the new
installation. I know John mentioned something about bootcfg as well. Sorry
for being dense here. I just don't want to forget anything.

But the new drive is nice and quiet all right...;-)


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message
news:u72ZaoS2FHA.400@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I've seen it. Usually means a corrupted database that has managed to
> fix a portion each time. (I've had it happen with AD and DNS on a system
> that was having disk problems, for example.)
>
> Get that disk out. Definitely.
>
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>> ...and here I am again... so it seems that Windows healed itself...;-)
>> Now I need to clone this noisy boot disk onto the new drive that arrived
>> today...
>>
>>
>> "Dennis Gordon" <dgordon@wjinc.com> wrote in message
>> news:uejiGnQ2FHA.3880@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Well I didn't give up easily. Facing the prospect of bollixing both
>>> OSes,
>>> I decided to will XP Pro back to life, by rebooting again and again
>>> (yeah, I know...it sounds stupid). What I noticed though, is that if I
>>> tried getting to the System Restore panel immediately after the desktop
>>> appeared, I could get a few more seconds each time before I crashed with
>>> an IRQ Less Than Equal error. On about the 8th try I made it all the way
>>> to System Restore and was able to run it... and here I am. Of course,
>>> AVG
>>> immediately reloaded the update as well as several Windows updates, so
>>> if
>>> there's a conflict, I should find out as soon as I reboot....
>>>
>>>
>>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OYH5F7O2FHA.700@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> This is the one you are referring to Charlie?
>>>> From an earlier post by John Barnes:
>>>> Also if your system drive is the x64 partition, you will need to save
>>>> copies
>>>> of the ntldr and ntdetect.com BEFORE you install the x86 version as it
>>>> will
>>>> overwrite them. You can clean up everything from the x86 system after
>>>> it boots up. First reinstall the saved files to replace the ones
>>>> installed by
>>>> x86, then fix your boot.ini in system properties or safest is to go
>>>> into the recovery console and do the bootcfg /rebuild as it will know
>>>> what the disk setup is and which is not always obvious when trying to
>>>> rebuild it in
>>>> system properties.
>>>> --
>>>> Andre
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>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>>> message news:uTewltO2FHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>> scan back through the discussions here on dual boot. I don't pay
>>>>> attention to the file details, since I always install in the correct
>>>>> order anyway. (and in these days of virtual machines have little or no
>>>>> use for dual booting anyway except for the occasional BIOS burn or its
>>>>> equivalent.)
>>>>>
>>>>> You can do a repair from whatever version you currently have on your
>>>>> machine. If you use trial to repair, you've only got trial on it when
>>>>> you're done. :(
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>>
>>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>>> Yikes... Guess I'll stick around in 64 bit for a while until I have
>>>>>> the time. What boot files would I be saving? Just the MBR?. Can I do
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> repair
>>>>>> installation from the 64 bit Trial ISO disk?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> news:OvTTdiN2FHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> I'm afraid it's a double repair installation for you, Dennis.
>>>>>>> Because
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> 32-bit one will hose your boot files. If you save off the boot files
>>>>>>> before hand, and then copy them back, you should be OK and only have
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> do the 32-bit repair install.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would not trust copying the files back. You might not get
>>>>>>> everything,
>>>>>>> and then you might be in worse shape.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>>>> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dennis Gordon wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm dual booting XP Pro/XP 64 bit. When I booted into XP Pro today,
>>>>>>>> AVG
>>>>>>>> did some sort of major upgrade that required me to reboot. I
>>>>>>>> started
>>>>>>>> crashing out of XP Pro shortly after the desktop appeared. Tried
>>>>>>>> booting
>>>>>>>> in Safe Mode. Get to ACPITABL.DAT and the machine hangs for a while
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> then reboots, so I can'to a ststem restore. Googled a bit and see
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> this can be fixed with a repair installation from the CD, but since
>>>>>>>> I'm
>>>>>>>> dual booting, I'm a bit hesitant. Since I can see the XP Pro system
>>>>>>>> files from 64 bit, would it be possible to fix the problem while in
>>>>>>>> 64
>>>>>>>> bit, or must I do the repair installation? Thanks...
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