Maybe something here:
http://tweakhomepc.virtualave.net/du...dualboot.shtml
It helped me after a failed install left me with 2 XP's in boot menu!
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Kenny
"Kamil" <> wrote in message
news:O%4Ab.12217$ m...
> i dont know why i did this but i did. I installed windos 2000 advanced
> server on one of my computer's D: drive (a second physical disk) while i
had
> 98 on the C: drive. i found out that 2000 did not want to boot so i just
> formatted the d drive but i still got the menu to chose which OS i want to
> boot. so i deleted the boot.ini file thinking that it will try yo boot
from
> the C: drive... well it does but it want to boot from c:\winnt but my C:
> drive was the one with windows 98 and its still there... it also says:
> "Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt: <windows 2000 root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe.
> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>
> I want to get my 98 back, I dont care about 2000 anymore, what should i
make
> the boot.ini file look like? this is what I made it now and it doesn't
work:
>
> [boot loader]
> timeout=30
> default=mulit(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> default=mulit(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S="Windows 98"
>
> here is the setup of my drives:
> they are both IDE drives
> C: has win 98
> D: is blank
> the physical drives only have 1 partition that takes the whole drive space
>
> thanks
>
>
