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More info?)
I'm thinking there's a flaw in the procedure to SYS C:, that it will
deactivate BING. So, if after doing the SYS C: procedure, the system
boots straight to Windows 98, without going to the BING boot menu first,
you can simply restart with the BING install floppy disk inserted, then
"Reactivate".
--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:euzSvotNFHA.644@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> I think L'il Dave is on the right track. Patti came real close to
> repairing the standard Windows XP boot menu, except for the "default"
> line. Not absolutely certain how that's supposed to read, but since we
> want to get rid of it altogether, we can ignore it (well, it's not
> actually true that we'll get rid of it--it will get installed on the
XP
> side, but you won't normally see it and it will only boot Windows XP,
as
> if WinXP were the only OS on the system.)
>
> 1. Boot to the Windows 98 system, then insert a Windows 98 startup
> floppy disk and restart. At the A:\ prompt, run:
>
> sys c:
>
> Remove the floppy disk, restart, use BING to boot to Windows 98. Does
> that work?
>
> 2. Restart and when you get to BING, drop into Maintenance. Choose
"Boot
> Edit". Select the Windows XP entry and then Edit. In the box that pops
> up, on the left it should show whatever label you chose as "Identity"
> and it should show your WinXP partition in the "Boot" selection. In
the
> "MBR Details" pane, make sure everything except the Windows XP
partition
> is "Hidden". Click OK, then OK again (should have you back at
> Maintenance desktop.) Click "Resume", choose Windows XP and go. This
> startup should fail.
>
> 3. Insert the Windows XP installation CD and restart. When you get to
> the option of a "Recovery Console", choose that. (Press 'R'). Once you
> get to the Recovery Console (may need a password), run the following
> command:
>
> fixboot
>
> Then use EXIT command, remove the XP CD and restart. I *think* this
will
> fix everything. You'll have some extra files on the Windows 98 side
> (boot.ini, ntloader and those files you copied to \system32\.) You can
> leave them or try renaming them (first), testing that everything is OK
> before deleting them. There will also be some Hidden folders named
> "System Volume Information" that you can delete (on the partitions
that
> you've hidden from XP) and perhaps a few others, but they're an
affront
> to aesthetics, nothing more.
>
> Be sure you go to Windows Updates after it's all fixed and install all
> updates. I forget if you mentioned if this new copy of XP you have
> already has Service Pack 2, but if not, that's the first update you
> want.
>
> Sorry I screwed this up so badly. I knew there was an issue with *how*
> you hide partitions in BING, but part of it has to do, I think, with
> whether BING is installed or not. If it's not installed, I think
hiding
> the partitions in Partition Work will hide the partition from WinXP.
But
> when BING is installed to the HD, and the BING partition is made
Active,
> then you have to use the Boot Menu to hide partitions you don't want
XP
> to see. I just haven't done enough of this stuff, recently, for it to
> stick--my short term memory has been going downhill quickly over the
> last couple of years.
>
> Brings me to one more point: When you installed BING, did you create a
> small, 8 MB partition for BING, or did you install it to the existing
> Win98 partition? If the latter, I suggest you use Partition Work to
> shrink the last partition on HD0 by 8 MB, uninstall BING, then
reinstall
> it, telling it to create its own partition.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
>
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "John" <nospam@nospam.ca> wrote in message
> news:tlnq41hes8s7tol6e3k8h75qlco0v3ahjm@4ax.com...
> > On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 02:09:49 -0500, "Patti MacLeod"
> <pam120@nospamshaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> > >I may be wrong (wouldn't be the first time <g>), but I think the
> problem
> > >with WIN98 not being "bootable" is due to the ARC path (i.e.,
> > >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows 98"
/fastdetect)
> used
> > >to define its path in the boot.ini file.
> > >
> > >Use Gary's previous instructions to create the boot.ini file, but
> type this
> > >in:
> > >
> > >[boot loader]
> > >timeout=30
> > >default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> > >[operating systems]
> > >C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
> > >multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows XP"
/fastdetect
> > >
> > >
> > >Then follow the remainder of Gary's instructions in that post.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards,
> >
> > Thanks, Patti.
> >
> > I created a boot.ini file using your "text".
> >
> > When installed, it presents me with three-line menu:
> > Microsoft Windows 98
> > Windows XP
> > Windows (default).
> >
> > Clicking on one of the first two will boot that OS
> > Clicking on "Windows Default" gives me an error message.
> > "Windows could not start because of an error in the software.
> > Please report this problem as :
> > load needed DLL's for kernel.
> > Please contact your support person to report this problem."
> >
> > I'll leave it like this for now - perhaps, Gary, if you have time
you
> can guide
> > me through getting rid of the one menu.
> > Think I'd like to keep the BING one.
> >
> > Thanks so much, all!
> >
> > John <><
> >
> > A wise monkey is a monkey who doesn't monkey
> > with an other monkey's monkey.
> > (A very free paraphrase of Exodus 20:14).
>