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I installed 98SE on a different partition and now no XP?
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I installed 98SE on a different partition and now no XP?
by Mike454SS » Fri 23 May, 2003 7:36 pm
I have windows XP installed on my main partition...I needed windows 98 for some software I use to tune my cars computer...so I installed it on the D: partition...both of them are fat 32. My only problem is I don't get a choice at startup now...when I last did this with windows NT4 or 2000 I simply got a boot menu allowing me to choose my OS...but now I don't get that choice it just boots right into 98. What can I do to turn the boot menu on so I can use windows XP again?
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by DJGM » Sat 24 May, 2003 6:00 pm
Normally, if you want to set up a dual boot system with Win98 and XP,
it's recommended to have Win98 installed first, then XP installed after.
This way, you get the Windows boot menu, prompting you to choose
which version of Windows you want to load at system startup.
Now, since you had WinXP first, and installed Win98 second, the latter
has overwritten the boot.ini file, and made Win98 the default version
of Windows. Your installation of WinXP will still be where you left it,
perfectly intact, but inaccessible.
To resolve, you'll need to do what Microsoft refer to as an "in-place
upgrade. In other words, just re-install WinXP over the existing XP
installation. Insert your XP CD, and assuming it's bootable, reboot
your PC, so the system boots up from the CD. Follow the prompts
as though you were doing a new installation of XP. When the XP
setup program checks your HDD for other versions of Windows,
it will detect your existing installation of XP, and prompt you
to press R to repair the existing installation of WinXP."
After the re-install procedure of WinXP is completed, it will prompt
you to reboot. Remove your XP CD from the CD drive, and reboot.
Your PC will run it's usual set of automatic ststem diagnostic checks,
and after about 30 secs, depending on the overall speed of the PC,
you should be presented with a boot menu, with two choices:
You should also a countdown, usually set as 30 secs by default. It
is most likely that the Windows XP option will by highlighted on the
boot menu, so you can either wait for countdown to run to zero, so
the default OS starts automatically, or just press the enter key.
Hope that helps.
it's recommended to have Win98 installed first, then XP installed after.
This way, you get the Windows boot menu, prompting you to choose
which version of Windows you want to load at system startup.
Now, since you had WinXP first, and installed Win98 second, the latter
has overwritten the boot.ini file, and made Win98 the default version
of Windows. Your installation of WinXP will still be where you left it,
perfectly intact, but inaccessible.
To resolve, you'll need to do what Microsoft refer to as an "in-place
upgrade. In other words, just re-install WinXP over the existing XP
installation. Insert your XP CD, and assuming it's bootable, reboot
your PC, so the system boots up from the CD. Follow the prompts
as though you were doing a new installation of XP. When the XP
setup program checks your HDD for other versions of Windows,
it will detect your existing installation of XP, and prompt you
to press R to repair the existing installation of WinXP."
After the re-install procedure of WinXP is completed, it will prompt
you to reboot. Remove your XP CD from the CD drive, and reboot.
Your PC will run it's usual set of automatic ststem diagnostic checks,
and after about 30 secs, depending on the overall speed of the PC,
you should be presented with a boot menu, with two choices:
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You should also a countdown, usually set as 30 secs by default. It
is most likely that the Windows XP option will by highlighted on the
boot menu, so you can either wait for countdown to run to zero, so
the default OS starts automatically, or just press the enter key.
Hope that helps.
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by Mandrake » Sun 25 May, 2003 2:44 am
DJGM''s method will work perfectly, but an easier way is to use an ERD if you made one (Emergency Repair Disk) - and restore the Windows XP Boot Manager. You'd also have to edit the boot.ini file to add Win98 to the XP Boot Manager, seaching at google for "editing boot.ini" file will help you plenty.
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