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Thread ID: 25307 2002-10-01 04:26:00 Dual Boot problem - can't boot into W2000 quackle (2097) Press F1
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84913 2002-10-01 04:26:00 Hi there, I had my PC setup as a dual-boot between W98SE & W2000, everything was working fine. My W98 got corrupted & I was prompted to reinstall W98. So when I did, NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM & BOOT.INI then got written over (in C my question is what is the best way to get those files back into C: & pointing to my D: partition allowing me to boot into W2000? Would inserting the 2000 cd & selecting repair a failed installation, ER process do the trick. I have some files in my W2000 installation & don't want to lose them! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.Thanks. quackle (2097)
84914 2002-10-01 04:29:00 Yeah, Reboot off of the CD, and select Repair, that should do the trick. Chilling_Silence (9)
84915 2002-10-01 04:31:00 Thanks for that. quackle (2097)
84916 2002-10-01 05:42:00 You could reboot off the CD and choose Recovery Console. If you type Help there you should see a command FixFBR or something like that. mikebartnz (21)
84917 2002-10-01 06:05:00 Yes but does the 'repair' kill the existing installed files?
In fact my 'recovery' disk doesn't even give me the 'repair' option only 'format' hard drive'.....
don't really know how I am supposed to recover.
~42~ (2034)
84918 2002-10-01 08:42:00 Recovery disk I reckon are bad news because all they do is set the system up to the way you received it so you need to make a backup of all the downloaded drivers and data before using it. When ever buying a PC try to get the full installation disks. mikebartnz (21)
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