TITLE:              NT Dual Boot Problem Loading Novell DOS 7.0
DOCUMENT ID:        TID14739
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               03FEB94
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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ISSUE:

Q:   Has anyone done any testing with Microsoft NT and Novell DOS
7.0?  The specific issue, as per the user, is:

"I have just installed Windows NT and now have dual boot
capabilities. When I install Novell 7.0 how can I be sure that I
don't clobber that dual boot capability? From what I understand NT
first calls this file, "BOOT.INI" which is probably in the "boot"
location and then, if the user selects the previous operating system,
the "BOOT.INI" program jumps to the bootstrap program for the DOS
operating system. If during the upgrade of Novell 7.0 it writes its
own boot record to that special location on the disk where I believe
BOOT.INI now resides it will destroy NT's ability to dual boot my
machine. So the question is, how can I upgrade to Novell 7.0 and not
undo what NT did during its installation, namely give me dual boot
capability between DOS and NT?"

A:   Installing Novell DOS 7 over an existing dual-boot MS Windows NT
configuration will, indeed disable the dual-booting capability of the
workstation.  However, this is easily restored by following these
steps:

STEP 1:

Insert the Windows NT Setup diskette which was created when NT was
initially installed, then reboot the machine. You will be presented
with the SETUP menu.

STEP 2:

Select "R" to Repair the system. After a few moments, you will be
prompted to insert the Emergency Repair Disk which was also created
as part of the NT installation process.

STEP 3:

Insert the Emergency Repair Disk in the A: drive, press Enter Another
menu will appear:

          [X] Verify Windows NT system files

          [X] Verify boot files on your C: drive

          [X] Inspect configuration registry files

          Continue (perform selected tasks)

STEP 4:

Press Enter to Continue

A gas gauge will appear while SETUP verifies files. You may get a
message indicating that some files cannot be repaired, etc.  You can
ignore this message and continue. Setup will check your registry.

STEP 5:

You will see this menu:

          [  ] SYSTEM (System Configuration)

          [  ] SECURITY (Security Policy)

          [  ] SAM (User Accounts Database)

          [  ] DEFAULT (Default User Profile)

          [  ] SOFTWARE (Software Information)

          Continue (restore selected files)

With none of the boxes checked and the highlight on the Continue
line, press Enter to continue. You may get a message indicating that
some files are missing or corrupt, and cannot be repaired.  You can
ignore this message.

STEP 6:

Press Enter to continue

At this point, you will be prompted to restart your computer. After
doing so, you will see the NT OS Loader menu, with choices for NT or
"Previous Operating System on C:\" You can change the verbiage of
this screen by editing the (possibly hidden) file C:\boot.ini.

For detailed instructions on using the Repair program, see pages
246-248 of the Microsoft Windows NT System Guide.

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