Need Help Reformatting..

[Ph33zy]

I have a problem. Currently i have Win98 on my c: and Win2k on my E: I want to reformat my C: drive and reinstall win98 and keep my existing Win2k partition. I've done this before only to find out that i couldnt get back into Win2k. Is there a way to reformat my c: and reinstall win98 and STILL get the boot menu to show up?

 

[Howard]

In your BIOS, check what the boot partition is. Whatever it is, check for a boot.ini in that drive. Then, copy the Win2k heading, and paste it back in when you are done reformatting.

Actually, just copy the file and move it to a partition that won't be touched. Then, copy and paste the Win2k info back in.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I've never had to go to the extreme, but make an emergency repair floppy with the backup utility in Win2K. After you format C:, boot with the Win2K CD and repair the boot sector with the files on your ERF (from above).

If that works, boot to DOS and install Win98 with "setup /ntldr"

-SUO