Install of SP1 to WinXP Pro destroys dual boot function of Win98/WinXPsystem

My system, with multiple disk partitions, only had Win98 installed.
WinXP Pro later added such that I could boot to either Win98 OR WinXP.

Everything worked fine.

I decided to install SP1 to WinXP.
My local hardware vendor [ who is a MS rep ] burned me a CD of SP1.

I, rather than the vendor, ran the install, choosing all the defaults.

That destroyed my dual-boot capability as follows.
On startup there would be 2 options XP or 98.

If XP chosen, all would be fine.
If 98 chosen, a 'reboot' occurred and I got the same menu.

As this is a "hobby" system, I did not immediately pursue the problem.

Recently, I decided to add an additional hard drive. It seemed to be a
convenient time to address the dual boot problem while adding the
additional hard drive.

My vendor could not resolve the problem.
Intel, the motherboard vendor, suggested updating the BIOS.
no luck :{
My vendor searched various WEB sites without success.

An ADDITIONAL point.
As I had proof of license, they disconnected my original hard drive
and *attempted* to install Win98 on one partition of the new drive.
They got a failure VERY similar to the original problem. Install
appeared to go normally. When time came for it to 'reboot' it would
"reboot" continuously.

Suggestions any one.
thank you.

 

Did you convert the file system to NTFS?

 

No, as I wanted as wide compatibility as possible.

 

It could also be that the ntldr file is corrupt. Try the following site and
you can also do a search at the MSKB site for ntldr corrupt.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314057&Product=winxp

I have had the same thing occur when I install other versions of XP or
Server 2003.

Regards,
John O.

 

Boot to your Windows 98 boot disk, at the A prompt type sys c:, remove the
disk and reboot, it should go straight into 98. Insert your XP disk, reboot
to it and do a repair install.

 

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:44:55 -0500, Richard Owlett

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I had the same problem after installing SP1 on my triple
boot computer. Replacing the versions of ntldr and ntdetect.com
installed by SP1 with the original XP files fixed the problem.