WIN2K and WIN98 dual boot problem

[yakswak]

I had win98 installed, and did a full install of win2k. I get the option to pick which OS I want to go into, and booting up win2k works wonderful. However, I cannot boot up win98. It is saying that I am missing some files in C. NOtablly win.com. C drive is where my win2k is loaded, and D drive is where win98 is loaded. They are on separate HD's. Can anyone help me with this?

 

[IsOs]

At the OS choice screen, choose Windows 98 then immediately press F8, it will give you option to boot into command prompt only. At the command prompt, change the file attributes of MSDOS.SYS using ATTRIB. Then edit MSDOS.SYS and tell it that Windows is in drive D.

 

[yakswak]

I went to command prompt, and here's the message I got (this is the same message I get even when I do not press F8 to go into the command prompt):

Following file is missing or corrupted: C:\WINDOWS\HIMEN.SYS
Following file is missing or corrupted: C:\WINDOWS\DBLBUFF.SYS
Following file is missing or corrupted: C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS

C:\>

CANNOT FIND WIN.COM, UNABLE TO CONTINUE LOADING WINDOWS.

C:\>


OK. And I don't know how to do what you told me to do, so I need instructions on that. And does this extra info help? Can someone help me???

 

[AKA]

When you installed Win2k, did you have it format the c: partition before the install? If you do that is where you went wrong. You lost the files you needed to boot win98.

Reinstall Win98. There is a /switch you can use when you install Win98 so that it wont mess up your Win2K. Dont recall what it is at the moment though.

Anyone else remember it?

 

[yakswak]

I didn't have IT format C drive, but I did format my drive before I installed win 2k, I wanted a fresh start. So how would I go about reinstalling win98?

 

[zuffy]

Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME can't be installed in other drive letter other than C. You should install Windows 2000 in D and keep Win9x in C drive.

 

[Evilmage]

I've had this problem before.

Check your config.sys and autoexec.bat
try commenting out all the lines, give yourself a favor and don't delete it until you isolate the problem.

don't ask me I forgot how

"//" is C++ comment
"'" is VB comment
&quot;<!--&quot; is html comment

oh I forgot, sorry

or I think you can press f8 and get a menu. choosed step by step and say yes so everything loads
the one it freezes on is the problem line

 

[bigshooter]

Although you installed to the d: I think that some system files are put on the C:. When you formatted the drive, you erased these files. Also, you ahve to have a fat partition for c: not ntfs, otherwise win98 can't read those files (i guess he couldn't put them there in the first place if it was ntfs or if he formatted tehy would be gone). You can install to d:, but it is much eaiser just to put win9x on the c: and then put win2k on the d:.

 

[wnied]

When you installed Win2k, did you format the partition with NTFS?
If you did, Win98 cannot read an NTFS partition without the NTFS fille viewer.

wnied

 

[yakswak]

Nope, it was FAT32

How do I go about installing WIN98 again, so that I still get the option to choose win2k or win98

Do i HAVE to install win98 on C, or can i do it some other way?

 

[AKA]

You can install Win9x os's to any partition, its just that they also need the primary partition ( c: ) for some files. Such as himem.sys, command.com etc... Which of course needs to be readable by Win9x (meaning FAT, FAT32...)

Just reinstall Win98 over the existing Win98. After you do that, Win2K wont boot. Then just run repair option of Win2K.

 

[jkdude]

EvilImage,

in the config.sys and autoexec.bat file, to remark a file for comment you use:

rem And here you can put in any comments you want 🙂


i hope that helps!

 

[yakswak]

Any tips for me to reinstall win98? Can I just pop the disc in Win2000 and then go installing away??