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HELP!!! Dual boot install failed, can't get into computer
Hi:
Please help me if you can. I had win98se on my computer. I tried to install winxp on an empty hard drive, but the install failed. When I turned the computer on, i would get a dual-boot screen screen letting me choose winxp or win98. If I chose winxp, a message comes up saying the system was halted due to an error. So I tried going into win98se. I was able to do it. I noticed that a bunch of new files were on my C drive, including boot.ini, ntldr, and some others. I decided I wanted to get rid of this whole failed XP dual boot setup, so I went through and renamed all the new files, putting an "xxx" in front of their names. For instance, boot.ini now became xxxboot.ini. I did this to all the new files. I thought that would get rid of the dual-boot screen that didn't work. Well, I really screwed things up. Now the computer won't boot at all. I even put in a win98se boot floppy that has always worked in the past. I am able to get the black dos-like screen that shaows c:\, but I can't get any further. Can someone please help me. I know I screwed up big-time, but is there a way out of this. If I can get back to win98se, I'll never touch that damned xp again!! Thank you. dave |
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