Microsoft KB Archive/219350

= Cannot Dual Boot After Service Pack 5 Is Installed on Alpha Computer =

Article ID: 219350

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition, when used with:
 * the hardware: DEC Alpha

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This article was previously published under Q219350



SYMPTOMS
After you install Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 on an Alpha-based computer, you cannot use the dual-boot feature to install a secondary copy of Windows NT on another drive partition.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you click No when you are prompted to overwrite the Hal.dll and Atapi.sys files during the original installation. The older files that are not overwritten cannot support the dual-boot option.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, click Yes when you are prompted to overwrite the Hal.dll and Atapi.sys files.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbdocerr kbpending kbsetup KB219350

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