Reinstall with a Dual Boot

[diesel215]

I have a dual boot PC with 2 hardrives (hd1 98se / hd2 XP)Things seem to gotten corrupted with my 98se drive and I want to reinstall but am not sure if that will mess up the dual boot? If I recall you need to install 98se first and then XP in order to have the boot manager? Any feedback appreciated..

 

[khha4113]

If you want to reinstall Win98 but want to keep WinXP, you need to backup these files Boot.ini, NTdetect.com, Ntldr and Bootsec.dos (if applicable) in Root sector (C:, usually in Win98 partition).
Boot your comp by Win98 setup disk, and type at DOS prompt "sys c:" (w/o quotation marks) to overwrite WinXP bootloader, reformat Win98 drive and reinstall it. After Win98 has been installed, Boot your comp by WinXP CD, and at its setup menu, choose <b>Repair</b>. It will ask you for administrator's password. When it's at Prompt, type <b>Fixboot</b> to repair WinXP's bootloader (Remember to copy all files boot.ini, etc that you backup earlier back to where they are before) then restart.

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[diesel215]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try the recommend info..