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On Thursday, February 3, 2005 at 11:51 pm, capnfutile wrote: >I posted this over at the straight dope boards, but got no response, so here goes: ><p> >I've done a(nother) bonehead thing with my computer. I have a dual boot system (w98 >and win2k). I'm planning on upgrading to XP soon, and have been backing up stuff >in preparation. Last night I decided I didn't need anything in the W98 partition, >so I deleted everything there. Dumb. Today when I power on, I get "NTLDR not found". >So obviously, I hosed some files crucial to Win2k. ><p> >I've done some Googling and tried something from the MS knowledge base (sys c:, that >got me a w98 command prompt instead of "NTLDR missing"). I can get to the Recovery >Console, and from there I have tried "fixboot c:" and "fixmbr c:" neither of which >did squat. Do I want to try "fixmbr d:"? ><p> >C: was where w98 was, D: is where win2k still is. ><p> >Here's a screenshot of PartitionMagic: >http://img209.exs.cx/img209/304/screenshot1lc.jpg >(Thanks Imageshack) ><p> >What I'd really like to do is to can everything except for D: (OS and program files) >and the NTFS Data partition. I'd eventually like to dualboot with Mandrake Linux >(there's an install there I can't get to but I'd prolly reinstall). Are the Linux >partitions in the right place or should they be after the Win2k partition? ><p> >Apparently, three files are needed in the bootable drive - ntldr, ntdetect.com, and >boot.ini. Boot.ini I can handwrite, but the others can only be gotten by copying >them from another win2k system, which I don't have handy. I can probably see them >from the recovery console, but the RC doesn't allow you to write to floppy, even >if you know the admin PW. ARGH. I do have a w2k CD and a "spare" system, but I'd >rather not install 2k over a good XP setup only to reinstall XP an hour later. ><p> >Thanks for any help. I've been Googling and banging my head for two days and my wife >wants her laptop back! ><p> >thanks, >capn

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