question about NTLDR & NTDETECT.COM -into FIX folder ?

[ggg]

Hi all,

I have Ntldr and Ntdetect.com from Windows 2003 SP1. Since I've read that they will make WinXP boot faster, I wanna substitute the XP files with them using HFSlip.

So,I'd like to know if I have to put them on the FIX folder or I can just copy them into the I386 folder (overwriting the existing ones).

Thanks in advance for the help

[Tomcat76]

You can just overwrite the existing ones in I386. If you want to let HFSLIP do it, the FIX folder is the way to go, yes.

[Aluminum]

Are there any other drop and replace files like these in 2003 or XP that might be useful in 2k?

I was (really) bored the other day and abused my bandwidth to download a trial ISO of 2003 just to get these two files, if theres anything else I can pull off of there I'll feel better about wasting my 25 cent CD-R.

[Kramy]

I'm curious what's faster for Win2k: ntldr & NTDETECT.COM from WinXP, or Win2k3?

I noticed extreme boot speed improvements from XP's files, so I'm wondering if I could get those again.

Has anyone tried out Vista's?

[Aluminum]

I'm using 2k3's on 2k, it seems pretty much the same as using XP's. It could be very slightly faster, I don't know, but I am sure its not slower since I'm impatient as hell.

I thought Vista is changing how it boots in the final builds, so no importing from it...?

[tain]

I've seen a few different people say that the 2K3 bootloaders are the way to go. YMMV.