XP32/XP64 - updates for XP32 killed XP64

I installed XP64 on a new HARD drive. XP32 remained on its original HARD disk.

All available for XP64 updates have been installed.

It was indeed a new system for XP32 needed to be reactivated - fact. New MB drivers should also be installed.

BTW, this is actually a triple boot system - Linux also. But installing Linux is not affected.

So far so good - all three os started very well.

Today, I decided to install the updates for XP32. There was a certain since it had not been used for some time. After the reboot, everything seemed fine.

However when I tried to boot into XP64 I got the missing NTLDR message. On inquiry, I discovered that it lacked all system files in the root (except pagefile.sys). No amount of repair has nothing, so I now have to start over XP64 from scratch. Because it takes days to set up all my drivers, applications etc. I'm not impressed.

I insist on the fact that, during the update process no other software or hardware has been changed.

Why what happened? How can I prevent it happening again?

For more information - the os selection is via the file Grub from Linux. Each instance of Windows sees his installation disc in C: /.

Thank you

Hi David Trickett,.

I suggest you to perform the installation of repair of partition of Windows XP 64-bit. An upgrade on the spot is also called a repair installation.

For more information, see:

How to perform an upgrade on the spot (reinstallation) of Windows XP

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