Windows 98 Boot Menu Help

[Dowfen]

Hi all,

I had a quick question regarding Windows 98. It's currently on my laptop and decided I was going to upgrade to 2000. However, I canceled the installation before any files were copied, it just ran the typical loading drivers/etc (maybe it copied a few, no OS files though). Now, whenever I restart my computer there is this boot menu where I select continue the installation of 2000 or load Windows 98. How do I get rid of this? There is no boot.ini file, so I'm at a loss. I've search the MS site extensively, but can't find any answer.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric

 

[LordOfAll]

search for a file called ntldr and if its there try moving it somewhere else. I usually handle the boot menu from within 2000. but the ntldr is responsable for the boot menu at boot.

 

[Dowfen]

Originally posted by: LordOfAll
search for a file called ntldr and if its there try moving it somewhere else. I usually handle the boot menu from within 2000. but the ntldr is responsable for the boot menu at boot.

Just tried that...didn't work. The computer failed to boot, it said "NTLDR is missing, press any key to reboot". I'm at the moment going to try and move it back with a boot disk, but any other ideas?

On a related question, any way I can use a PC Card CD-ROM drive and be able to get it to load a driver for it with a boot disk?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Eric

 

[LordOfAll]

are you sure there is no boot.ini file? it is a hidden file so in folder options you have to select show hidden files. ntldr uses the boot.ini file.

 

[Dowfen]

Yeah, it's frustrating. I searched everywhere. I've looked at all hidden files as well. I'll search again, but I"m sure it's not there. Would creating one do anything?

Thanks in advance,

Eric

 

[Medea]

Bootup with a Win98 bootup disk. At the A:\> prompt, type: sys c:
Press enter, and then you should see "System Transferred." Should be ok after that.
NOTE: To be on the safe side, you might want to make a backup copy of your msdos.sys before you run the "sys c:" command.

 

[Dowfen]

Originally posted by: Medea
Bootup with a Win98 bootup disk. At the A:\> prompt, type: sys c:
Press enter, and then you should see "System Transferred." Should be ok after that.
NOTE: To be on the safe side, you might want to make a backup copy of your msdos.sys before you run the "sys c:" command.

Medea,

That was the solution!!!!! Thank you very much!!! If you don't mind me asking, what did that exactly do? It's been awhile since I"ve done any work with 98, so this was a frustrating problem.

Thanks again,

Eric

 

[LordOfAll]

It copies the 3 system files needed to boot dos and windows built on dos. msdos.sys, io.sys, and command.com. I didnt realize these somehow get wipped out or modded when you do a 2000 install.

 

[Dowfen]

It was weird because there was no msdos.sys file, so I didn't back it up, but it still worked.

Thanks,

Eric

 

[Medea]

Dowfen

Glad I could help!