Howard??? don't format?? at the very least do a 'repair' with the windows XP CD? you shouldn't need to do a clean install if all you need is the boot files for your 98 partition....you do a boot with the XP Cd..or use insert the Cd while you're in windows 98...chose to install..but at some point you need to use the 'repair' not the overwrite part..Can't do it by my head right now, but if you call me sometimes tomorrow I'll walk you thru it overt the phone? let me know offlist and I'll send you my phone number to call? You'll still need to do all the updates but that's about all you'll lose...Plus I also have a CD that can read NTFS drives if you need to get info off that drive... HTH, Bruce beddy1@rochester,rr,com ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Dual Boot Menu Don't Work! -------Original Message------- From: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, October 27, 2003 03:29:28 PM Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re: Dual Boot Menu Don't Work! Howard....You need NTLDR ( no extension) bootsect.dos, ntdetct.dos, not sure about any others...... your best bet may be to reinstall but chose repair. instead of a clean install? you might also run the install the recovery console form the XP CD..then run fixmbr when you boot to it..I can send you those files off-list if you wish..not sure if that'' work, but.... HTH, Bruce beddy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thanks Bruce and Armando for the help. Unfortunately, all those progs assume I can access XP and they can't be used from win98se. I am stuck in 98 which is on FAT 32 and can't even see the XP partition which is NTFS. I have tried a lot of backups, but none had complete files I needed to reboot. I had the boot.ini file which gave me the boot menu, but XP wouldn't work. I'm about out of options, so I"ll probably format. If you don't hear from me for a few days. you will know what happened. Thanks again ... Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: [triadtechtalk] Dual Boot Menu Don't Work! I have a win98SE/XPPro dual boot on my computer. I ran win98SE install over my present install and now I still have the menu, but it will only open 98. If I try to run XP, it restarts the computer. I did save the boot.ini file and reinstalled it after the 98 install and both menu items show up. I believe there is at least one more file that I should have saved and reinstalled ... but I didn't. Any help appreciated (even if I can get to open XP again). Thanks . Howard ____________________________________________________ IncrediMail - Email has finally evolved - Click Here
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