[RESOLVED] Invalid system disk - system is there...

[toddk]

Windows 95/NT dual boot. Due to a failed restore attempt with NT some Windows files were corrupted (probably on C:\). I boot through the NT dual boot interface.

When I boot NT things are okay. When I boot Windows I get "Invalid system disk" even though there is a runnable windows (I can boot with a diskette) on C:\windows. I think boot.ini or one of those files is bad.

Its as if the dual boot can't find the right windows file on C. The problem is I don't know what the file is.

[kannibul]

i had a dual boot with my comp here at home for a while, and as for dual booting - i have found that it is better to have them set as stand alone drives - you want NT? plug it in and unplug win98/95 same for the other way around.
most likely what happend is when you did a restore of NT - it wrote over your master boot record to ensure that NT was going to run...
now here are some q's

are you on one drive -
what does you Boot.INI file say??
if it is all on one drive - are you using fat16 or seperate partitions?

the only thing that i can say should fix it (not sure though) fdisk /mbr
then sys it with 95/98 - you prob wont have NT - but youll have windows...