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  #11  
Old July 14th 06, 04:40 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Kevin J. Nielsen
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Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

I tried to reinstall windows me after I reinstalled bootit ng and this time
I put the floppy in the drive when it rebooted the first time and it gave me
the option to "reactivate" so I did and windows me booted fine the first
time. When it booted for the second time i put the floppy in again and it
gave me the option to "reinstall" so I did but I still got the same error
when booting windows me.

Something is causing bootit ng to be deactivated or uninstalled. I even
installed bootit ng on its own partition but I still get the same problem.
Yes, I have read all the instructions and I know the problem is not with
windows me installation, it has to do with the boot manager not staying
active or something.

Any more help??

Thank You

Kevin


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
The boot managers claim that windows me can be installed on any
partition but perhaps they all lie.


They don't lie, but rather you really do need to read the documentation
that comes with the various third party boot managers. One clue is to
hide all the other partitions containing operating systems when adding
another.
--
Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows [2001-2006]



Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

I would have tried that if I needed a dual boot before I installed
windows xp but now that I have windows xp installed, I am not going
to start over and re-install it again after installing windows me. The
boot managers claim that windows me can be installed on any
partition but perhaps they all lie.




  #12  
Old July 14th 06, 05:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Mike M
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Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

Kevin,

Just one comment. Read the documentation.

BING will always be deactivated on installing a new operating system but
once reactivated you should experience no further problems. I have
already told you where to obtain help with BING. Have you done so? As
far as I can see you have not since you have posted to none of the
terabyte newsgroups so perhaps you don't really want to solve your
problem.

Any more help??


You could always try following the advice you have been given over the
past few days. g
--
Mike Maltby




Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

I tried to reinstall windows me after I reinstalled bootit ng and
this time I put the floppy in the drive when it rebooted the first
time and it gave me the option to "reactivate" so I did and windows
me booted fine the first time. When it booted for the second time i
put the floppy in again and it gave me the option to "reinstall" so
I did but I still got the same error when booting windows me.

Something is causing bootit ng to be deactivated or uninstalled. I
even installed bootit ng on its own partition but I still get the
same problem. Yes, I have read all the instructions and I know the
problem is not with windows me installation, it has to do with the
boot manager not staying active or something.

Any more help??

Thank You


  #13  
Old July 16th 06, 11:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Kevin J. Nielsen
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Posts: 11
Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

Thank you Mike for insisting I read all the documentation. I read
everything I could and I read this article
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=201 which told me that
windows me doesnt work on a partition above 128 GB so I moved the partition
to the 2 position just after my 1st partition of 68 GB and everything works
great now. Thank You

Kevin



"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Kevin,

Just one comment. Read the documentation.

BING will always be deactivated on installing a new operating system but
once reactivated you should experience no further problems. I have
already told you where to obtain help with BING. Have you done so? As
far as I can see you have not since you have posted to none of the
terabyte newsgroups so perhaps you don't really want to solve your
problem.

Any more help??


You could always try following the advice you have been given over the
past few days. g
--
Mike Maltby




Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

I tried to reinstall windows me after I reinstalled bootit ng and
this time I put the floppy in the drive when it rebooted the first
time and it gave me the option to "reactivate" so I did and windows
me booted fine the first time. When it booted for the second time i
put the floppy in again and it gave me the option to "reinstall" so
I did but I still got the same error when booting windows me.

Something is causing bootit ng to be deactivated or uninstalled. I
even installed bootit ng on its own partition but I still get the
same problem. Yes, I have read all the instructions and I know the
problem is not with windows me installation, it has to do with the
boot manager not staying active or something.

Any more help??

Thank You




  #14  
Old July 16th 06, 12:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Mike M
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Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

Kevin,

I have to admit that I hadn't even considered that you were trying to boot
Win Me above 128GB and perhaps if I had known that I might have been able
to be more help. I am however very pleased to read that you have now
managed to fix your problem. At least you now know that using a boot
manager such as BING that you can install your oss in any order that takes
your fancy although I would warn you to be careful if installing Vista.

You might be slightly amused to read that I also solved a problem today -
getting Magic Mail to access a G-Mail account which requires SSL access
which is not supported by Magic Mail. The solution was right in front of
my eyes and simply required me to a) download and install the latest
version of Magic Mail, and, b), most important, to read the MM Help files
which told me that using FreePOPs as a proxy would solve my problem. I'm
not aware of ever having previously opened Help in MM. "That'll learn
me!" vbg
--
Mike Maltby



Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

Thank you Mike for insisting I read all the documentation. I read
everything I could and I read this article
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=201 which told me
that windows me doesnt work on a partition above 128 GB so I moved
the partition to the 2 position just after my 1st partition of 68 GB
and everything works great now. Thank You


  #15  
Old July 16th 06, 10:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Kevin J. Nielsen
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Posts: 11
Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

Thats right. follow your own advice and read the documentation. LOL .

Thanks

Kevin


"Mike M" wrote in message
...
Kevin,

I have to admit that I hadn't even considered that you were trying to boot
Win Me above 128GB and perhaps if I had known that I might have been able
to be more help. I am however very pleased to read that you have now
managed to fix your problem. At least you now know that using a boot
manager such as BING that you can install your oss in any order that takes
your fancy although I would warn you to be careful if installing Vista.

You might be slightly amused to read that I also solved a problem today -
getting Magic Mail to access a G-Mail account which requires SSL access
which is not supported by Magic Mail. The solution was right in front of
my eyes and simply required me to a) download and install the latest
version of Magic Mail, and, b), most important, to read the MM Help files
which told me that using FreePOPs as a proxy would solve my problem. I'm
not aware of ever having previously opened Help in MM. "That'll learn
me!" vbg
--
Mike Maltby



Kevin J. Nielsen wrote:

Thank you Mike for insisting I read all the documentation. I read
everything I could and I read this article
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=201 which told me
that windows me doesnt work on a partition above 128 GB so I moved
the partition to the 2 position just after my 1st partition of 68 GB
and everything works great now. Thank You




  #16  
Old July 17th 06, 08:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsme.setup
Kevin J. Nielsen
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Posts: 11
Default While installing Windows ME for dual boot, system halted.

I would like to say thanks again Mike for compelling me to read the
documentation; its something I need to learn how to do. I have been lazy
and always try to get a quick answer by skimming through the documentation
to the relevant parts, but when I do that I always miss out on some
important information and have to go back and search for it. Much better
and efficient to read everything the first time.

I had found the answer myself before I received the answer from the
terabyteunlimited newsgroup, I just told him thanks for his help. ( I didnt
want to be rude and say "I already found the answer", thus making him feel
like his time was wasted, although it was nice to have the link provided to
me and everyone else by his response)

Thanks

Kevin


 




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