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| Thread ID: 25375 | 2002-10-02 08:17:00 | Dual Boot problem W98SE & W2000 | quackle (2097) | Press F1 |
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| 85325 | 2002-10-02 08:17:00 | Hi, I had W98SE & W2000 installed as a dual boot, everything was running fine, but my W98 install got corrupted & I had to reinstall W98, which over wrote the Boot Sector?? & now will not let me boot into W2000 (NTLDR,etc got written over), only in to W98. I tried to boot to a W2000 CD & choose "Repair a 2000 installation" using the Emergency repair process, but it will not let me as I hadn't previously made an E.R.Disk (I also tried the option to let 2000 try to detect a 2000 installation w/out using the ERD, but this won't work. So my Q' is can I use the Recovery Console & use the FIXMBR or FIXBOOT CMDs to enable me to boot into 2000 again w/out stuffing up the ability to also boot into W98SE. If so, which Command should I use? Thanks. | quackle (2097) | ||
| 85326 | 2002-10-02 09:48:00 | Use Fixboot Further details here (support.microsoft.com). |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 85327 | 2002-10-02 10:00:00 | Thanks mate. | quackle (2097) | ||
| 85328 | 2002-10-02 10:22:00 | I'm not sure now, I found this on the Net from some guy with a similar problem - this is what he said "I quickly tried the old DOS trick--*fdisk /mbr--* which was a long shot that didn't work. But the online Help revealed the Fixboot command, which solved my problem. I can now boot my Win2K installation and get back to work. OK--* my Win98 partition is now unbootable, but that is another (and less important) matter. " | quackle (2097) | ||
| 85329 | 2002-10-02 10:37:00 | Read this (support.microsoft.com) especially the section labelled "Adding an Operating System" | Merlin (503) | ||
| 85330 | 2002-10-02 10:46:00 | Thanks, but my BOOT.INI file was deleted when I reinstalled W98 (W98 created a new MBR??) | quackle (2097) | ||
| 85331 | 2002-10-02 12:08:00 | Boot.ini is a hidden file visible by clearing the "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)" check box. It must exist for Windows to load. The file is created by Windows NT/2000/XP - depending on the operating system installed. Another option is reply to (www.freetechsupport.com) : "I formatted and reinstalled WinNT on my C: partition while Win98 remained on my D: partition. Now the new boot.ini file doesn't make any reference to Windows98 on the D: drive. What line do I add to the boot.ini file to get the option again of booting to Win98? My Windows98 is inaccessible! Please help." |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 85332 | 2002-10-03 07:08:00 | Thanks, but the prob is W98 is still bootable & over wrote the 2000 boot files in C: when I reinstalled W98. So I can't get to BOOT.INI. W98 would have over written it when I reinstalled W98. I tried unchecking hide system files, etc. | quackle (2097) | ||
| 85333 | 2002-10-03 08:28:00 | Make up your mind. At 9.22 pm on Oct 2, you stated that you could boot into 2000 but not 98 Today you state the exact opposite. |
Merlin (503) | ||
| 85334 | 2002-10-03 08:34:00 | > I'm not sure now, I found this on the Net from some > guy with a similar problem - this is what he said > "I quickly tried the old DOS trick--*fdisk > disk /mbr--* which was a long shot that didn't work. > But the online Help revealed the Fixboot command, > which solved my problem. I can now boot my Win2K > installation and get back to work. OK--* my Win98 > partition is now unbootable, but that is another (and > less important) matter. " Glasses need polishing Merlin? It was a quote off the net, not a statement by the poster.... |
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