XP installed first, 98SE later.. XP doesnt see 98?

[kinney]

Running dual boot as title says, 98se partition is first on the drive as logical and xp is second as logical.

I have to hide 98se or the xp partition to be able to boot from either. No boot menu comes up when I have the xp partition unhidden as it should..

I understand reinstalling xp will fix it but i dont want to. Is there a way to get it to realize I installed 98se and want a dual boot?
Or does anyone know how to edit the boot loader file correctly?

"dude your getting a dell", is that kid trying to say he wants to stick his 'dell' in you?

 

[Toejam31]

This is not just a matter of editing the boot.ini file. The Win98 setup program is not dual-boot aware, so it deletes the WinXP boot sector.

I suggest that you boot with the WinXP CD and choose the Repair option.

<A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306559" target="_new">HOW TO: Create a Multiple-Boot System in Windows XP (Q306559)</A>

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[Zoron]

Best way to create a dual-boot system with 98 and XP is of course to install 98 first, then XP. I agree with Toe, the only way you get what you want accomplished is to reinstall XP.

Err.. I mean repair.. heh.
<font color=red> If you design software that is fool-proof, only a fool will want to use it. </font color=red><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Zoron on 03/22/02 01:46 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[williamc]

In simple terms...
make a c drive...install win 98se
make an extended partition and create yer logical drive in it and install xp in it...
Then yer done, you have a funtional dual booting system with a menu to select yer OS...

 

[kinney]

Boot loader under System Properties then startup options. Mine look like this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect


So i cant just add in the required stuff to get it to recognize that 98se is installed?

Like I said, i already knew about reinstalling but if i dont have to i dont want to.

"dude your getting a dell", is that kid trying to say he wants to stick his 'dell' in you?

 

[Toejam31]

I don't think so ... it looks like you have no other choice. Since the bootloader shows both operating systems, that means the boot files should already be on the root of the C: partition (drive) that contains Win98. They are boot.ini, bootsect.dos, ntldr, ntdetect.com and ntbootdd.sys. (They are hidden files.) That's why you <i>can</i> boot into one or the other, currently.

The problem, IMHO, is that you need to repair the boot sector, not change the boot.ini file. Generally, when this kind of editing is done, this is for changing a boot order, or removing a reference to a non-existent OS.

You could <i>try</i> changing the "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect", and make it "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect" ... but I don't think it will work.

If you do this, I'd make a backup of the original file, and be prepared to boot into DOS with a startup disk to replace the altered file! (And even that may not work, and you'll end up reinstalling everything!)

Running the repair option is not the same as completely reinstalling the operating system, and should give you much less trouble than you may be imagining. And it may be the safest method, as messing around with the boot.ini can render the system unbootable.

However, afterwards ... you <i>may</i> need to edit the boot.ini file, if WinXP appears twice!

Good luck!

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