(Edit: moved to OS forum) Reinstalled W98 on dual-boot machine. Now can't select between it and W2K?

Ponyboy25

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I dual-boot with W98 and W2K. Anyways, it seems that the C: drive(W98) got corrupted, so I had to reformat and reinstall W98. Now, I don't get any boot menu to choose between W98 and W2K. W98 automatically boots up. Is there some type of boot file that I can modify to fix this?:(
 

Valhalla1

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well I know exactly what happens. when you dual-boot, you must always install win98 first and win2k second, when you reinstalled 98, it over-wrote the master boot record or boot sector, where win2k stores the boot loader/menu. therefore win2k is still there, you just can't select it from the menu, since win98 erased the menu.

i know you dont wanna here this, butyou'll have to reinstall win2k, you wont lose your apps or anything tho, its just a pain in the ass. it will re-recognize win98 and re-write the boot sector with the menu.