Win98-Win2000 partition problem

[jes]

I had Win98 on my computer and used Partition Magic to skrink the primary and allow room to install Win2k. I had some problems installing Win2k (I think the CD is corupted) and so now when I boot my computer there is a menu to boot Win2k or Win98 and Win2k is chosen by default so if I start my computer it will try to go into Win2k. There is no Win2k installed.
How can I get rid of that menu so it will boot Win98? Or at least change the default so that Win98 will boot from the menu without selecting it.

[Budfred]

I can't answer your main question, but I do have a comment. If your Win2K disk is original, it is unlikely that it is corrupted unless the disk itself is damaged. Once a CD is written, the only way to change it is physical damage (unless it is CDR or CDRW of course). This suggests that you may need to just try to install again.

Budfred

[mjc]

since you changed the partition info with PM going the fdisk /mbr route could possible wipe out your 98 partition also......

So you need to look for a file named boot.ini and then manually edit it....you can remove both the 2k lines and set the default to 98.

[Paul Komski]

.. or to go back to a single boot:-

Boot to Win98. Delete boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, and ntbootdd.sys (if it exists) Reboot into a bootable floppy (startup disk, etc) and at the A:\ prompt, type sys c: Reboot normally and then delete or reformat the partition you had for Win2K using PM.

Info:- Boot.ini etc are hidden/system files and may be read only. They are all found in the C: root directory.

Had problems myself first time round and got a faster, cleaner install by copying the install files to the HDD and ran the install from there; you can also just install into unallocated space, without making a partition for Win2K in advance.

[jes]

How do I get Dos and Win98 to coexist happily on my hardrive?