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Dual Booting Help!

I installed windows 2000 professional (build 2195) as a clean install into a new directory while running windows 98.
After the install, I noticed there was no option to boot between win 98 and win 2k, the install would just go straight to windows 2000.
I needed to run win 98 so I booted from a boot disk and then ran sys C: and fdisk /mbr. This enabled me to boot directly to windows 98 with no option to boot to win 2000.

SO, my question is: How do I get the boot option menu? All the necessary files are in my C:\ directory (ie. NTLDR, ntdetect.com, etc). BUT, the boot.ini file is missing aswell as the bootsect file.

THanks for any help
Soniic

Adam Leinss

You might be able to use the Command Console to repair it. Go to your Windows 2000 cd and type d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons. When you boot, you should see an option for it, pick it. On my system, it doesn't work for some reason, says it's missing NTLDR? Any ways, there is a boot called fixmbr you can type. This might fix your problem. Also, here is what my boot.ini looks like:
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
C:\CMDCONS\BOOTSECT.DAT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Recovery Console" /cmdcons
C:\="Previous Operating System on C:"

I have a bootsect.dat in my C:\cmdcons if you need that, I can send it to you.

Adam Leinss

For the above, I ment to say Recovery Console and that there is a boot *command* called "fixmbr" that should fix the MBR.

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Thanks! - It worked :)