Dual Boot PC, reload question...

[Stanley_Kubrick]

Hey Howdy Hey Folks.

Machine "X" is dual booting 98se and XP Pro. I want to format the 98 partition and reload it. Yes I am stuck in the past and still use 98 for a few things.

Anyhoo, last time I horsed around with this activity, I lost my boot menu after the reload and could only boot to 98. I tried the XP recovery console to get my dual boot back, but ended up having to overlay XP in order to get my boot menu. I didn't see a boot.ini on the 98 partition so like a dumba$$ i just formatted thinking it would work itself out with a little help from XP.

SO= would one of our fabulous and wise team members enlighten me on the intelligent way to reload 98 without losing my boot menu.

Please and thank you!

[Outcoded]

Backup boot.ini and NTLDR before formatting, format and reinstall 98 the normal way and then copy the boot.ini and NTLDR back.

[BurnFEST]

If youy forget to backup those files. Boot off the XP cd and go to the repair console. From here type "fixboot" and that will fix it

Hope that helps

Burn.

[Stanley_Kubrick]

Thank You!