Dear Mark: In reply to yourhelp message I want to say thank you very much.
Everything is back to normal now, thanks to you people. I know it's all in
knowing what your'e doin I guess. TNX Ed Bogert.
>From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCSOFT - Personal Computer software discussion list
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>Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] WinXP Woes
>Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 10:52:02 -0800
>
>Let's clarify. You had Windows 9X installed on drive C. Then you installed
>XP on drive D. XP did not install anything on drive C other then the boot
>sector / loader files.
>
>You want to get rid of XP and go back to Windows 9X. You removed all files
>from the D drive but now the boot loader won't work. This is what I read
>from your post....and here is how the job should be done. Lets go back and
>do it as if you hadn't done anything to remove XP.
>
>Boot off a Windows 9X floppy or startup disk that you made using your
>existing version of Windows 9X. Any kind of bootable floppy created with
>your current version of Win9X will do. Windows 9X is still on drive C
>right?
>
>Once you boot up off the floppy ...type these commands.
>
>PATH = C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
>
>FORMAT D: /Q <comment this will quick format your D drive
>removing all data>
>
>C:
>CD \
>
>ATTRIB -h -s -r C:\NETLOG.TXT
>
>DEL C:\NETLOG.TXT
>
>ATTRIB -h -s -r C:\NTDETECT.COM
>
>DEL C:\NTDETECT.COM
>
>ATTRIB -h -s -r C:\BOOT.INI
>
>DEL C:\BOOT.INI
>
><comment XP is now completely removed, lets restore the Win9X boot sector>
>
>A:
>
>SYS C:
>
> <comment...Ok windows 98 boot sector is restored. Remove your floppy and
>reboot into Windows 98.
>
>Rode
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>At 11:35 AM 1/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hello to you all: I have a machine that contains (2) hard drives. On drive
>>C: I've installed Win98SE and it worked really well,note the term
>>"worked,in the past tense.I had decided to install WinXP Pro on the second
>>drive D:. Nothing like having two OS's right?---WRONG. XP was all that was
>>touted about it until I started loading applications and programs into it.
>>First it says this won't work and that is not acceptable to M$and this is
>>not digitally signed that won't run with XP, need administrator permission
>>to do this and, that and so on and, so on. Got sick of the fight so I
>>decided to remove XP from drive D:. This is where everything really fell
>>apart. Since I couldn't find a way in XP to to remove,it, I decided to
>>restart in MSDOS mode so I could just format D: and go on.
>> WRONG again. Machine just sits there with a blank screen for hours
>>until I hit the restart button or, ctrl-alt-del. I finally decided to
>>insert a 98se boot disc along with win98se cd-rom and, go from there. It
>>was sucessful in that it removed all the info on drive D:. I thought my
>>troubles were over
>>then.
>>WRONG again. First it seems that some of XP's quirks have leached over
>>into Win98se system. I cannot get rid of the Win XP choice upon boot up.
>>I cannot restart in the msdos mode. I have nothing at all listed in the
>>config sys. Quite frankly, I don't know where or what to do or HOW to
>>resolve these problems. Obviously ,as you can tell by this letter, I'm
>>not an OS expert or, anything near for that matter. I just need to know
>>how to get my Win98 to work like it used to before I got this wild hair
>>for XP. Anything short of a format that is. Something like step by step
>>instructions for this "dummy". Any he
>>lp would be much appreciated. Thanks. Ed Bogert
>
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