September 17th, 2002, 04:40 PM
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| Is it possible to reinstall the base operating system
I have two system on two different f
drives on c i have win 98 and on d i have win2k. win 98 is messed up so is it possible for me to just reinstall win 98 on drive c leaving win 2k intact. If possible can you plese tell me how. thanks in advance.
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September 17th, 2002, 04:52 PM
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Yes you can. Install 9X onto C:
After that, boot with the 2K disk and choose "Repair".
Login to your 2K install. You'll have to know the Administrator password, which I'm sure you do, and choose to "FIXMBR".
This should allow you to choose either 9X or 2K again during bootup.
You can find more info about 2K Recovery Console here
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September 17th, 2002, 05:29 PM
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Thanks for the quick reply will try that 
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September 17th, 2002, 06:35 PM
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win 98 is messed up so is it possible for me to just reinstall win 98 on drive c
depends on how bad win 98 is messed up. corrupt MBR and/or files (cab errors) may prevent win from loading over itself.
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September 17th, 2002, 06:44 PM
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if that happens.. just go in and delete explorer from the windows directory of the 98 install.. windows 98 normaly will install then over itself.. but he shouldn't have that problem.. Evil has him pretty well set up.. but who can tell with the old 9X windows..
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September 17th, 2002, 06:53 PM
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When he reinstalls Windows98 its going to overwrite the mbr of the C:\ Drive. How's he going to boot into Windows 2000? That's the only question I have. You can boot from the Windows 2000 recovery disk and run FIXMBR from the recovery console but that's about the only thing i can think of him doing. Feel free to prove me wrong though..
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September 17th, 2002, 11:22 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Scott Tiger
When he reinstalls Windows98 its going to overwrite the mbr of the C:\ Drive. How's he going to boot into Windows 2000? That's the only question I have. You can boot from the Windows 2000 recovery disk and run FIXMBR from the recovery console but that's about the only thing i can think of him doing. Feel free to prove me wrong though.. | I tend to agree. when win 98 scans the C: and D: drive it will find a later version of an OS and will refuse to install.
physically disconnecting the D: drive maybe will allow 98 to install.
it all depends on how bad the corruption is.
murphy's law always got me when I tried to skip on the tried and true method 
I hope goldxx lets us know what did/didnot work | |
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