reinstalling win98 in a dual boot system

[MrSpleen]

how would you reinstall win98 in a system with dual boot with win2k? i have win98 on the C: drive and win2k on the D: drive. I know that reinstalling win98 will screw up the boot loader, so would it work if i used PQ Drive Image and restored from an image? would the win2k boot loader still get messed up?

 

[SUOrangeman]

When you install 98, use 'setup /ntldr'

-SUO

 

[Shudder]

Do you just have regular 98? 98SE added itself to the bootloader automatically without my having to add anything after the command line, although that is a good piece of advice to know.

 

[MrSpleen]

yes its win98SE...as for that "setup /ntldr" command, where and when do i type that?

 

[Shudder]

Since you'll probably have to install 98SE with a boot disk, when you reboot and get to a dos prompt, go to the CD drive and type setup /whatever there.

It should be right in the root directory of the CD, but if not, go to win98 or whatever it is

 

[easternerd]

hai,
I have been doing this for over 2 months.
All u need is the files which are nesssacary for loading the 2 OSes
If u delete them hmmmph! i am sorry! but wait u can install the Os
with the foll files(located in c:\ of ur HDD)
Ntldr,Config.sys,Boot.ini,Msdos.sys,Ntdetect.com etc...
(it is better if u leave all the files in ur c:\(System&InI files)
So now just go and Install the Os in dos using a boot disk(98)
THats it your partition is left untouched....Enjoy!

 

[Patriot]

Or once you install Win98, boot from teh Win2k CD and choose repair. Tell it to do quick repair and tell it to inspect/repair the boot sector. It will fix itself.