On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:36:22 -0700, hawk wrote:

You will have to rename the files back to what they were. If you can
get to DOS, you should be able to do that. Then the question is why
did your XP installation fail?

hawk

(snip)

Unfortunately, I never wrote down the original names of the files, and
some of them were over 8 letters, so they don't show up properly in
dos. (Damn, I was in too much of a hurry. Normally I would have
written them down, and even backed them up, like I usually do. But I
assumed that the dual-boot xp process would go smoothly.)

Also, one file, named boot.ini (that I changed to xxxboot.ini)
has completely disappeared.

If you, or anyone else reading this, has used the XP dual-boot
method, could you please let me know what the original files names in
the win98 "c" drive are.
Also, does anyone know what the contents of the "boot.ini" file
are?
(I'm hoping thatit is a standard file that is always used in
this winxp dual-boot process. If it is, and I can recreate it, that
might help.)

_____Any_______ help/info you, or anyone else, could give me will
be tremendously appreciated.

I had a huge, 4 hard-drive setup, with over 35 games, and dozens
and dozens of other programs.
Looking through dos, everything still appears to be there, but I
just can't access it.
I think I'd rather die than have to rebuild my entire setup.

dave

ps: as far as why it failed, I don't know, and at this point I don't
care. Damned xp; I'll never touch it again!!