In a mess

Hi Guys/Gals,

I've got a partitioned disk, one (cwith 98, the other with win2k. I recently had to reload 98, and lost the dual booting capability to w2k. All files are still there, but can't dual boot.

I started to repair the installation (via the 4 startup disks) and it asked for the admin password. I don't have one. If I boot into win98, can I see the password in a file somewhere?

That's really the start of my problems. I'm in safe mode (after a power cut) on win98 so I may post again (if you guys answer win 98 probs)

Thanks

why dont u reinstall win2k over the old install without formatting the partition that its on, it will rewrite the mbr and u will still have all your data (but programs will need to be reinstalled)

You'll need to edit the boot menu, which is controlled by the C:\boot.ini file on your Windows NT, 2000, or XP boot drive. This small text file contains various parameters that control the boot-up delay (Timeout=), the default operating system, and information about which drive and partition contain your two operating systems. Your current boot.ini file probably looks similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home"
D:\="Microsoft Windows 98"

To access the boot.ini file, click Start, right-click My Computer, select Properties > Advanced, then click the Settings button under Startup And Recovery. In the Startup And Recovery dialog, click the Edit button under System Startup. This will open the boot.ini file with Windows' Notepad program.

To open the file without the long string of dialogs (using Notepad or another text editor), you must first remove the file's read-only attribute. To do so, click Start > Run and type cmd. Click OK, and you'll see a command-line dialog. At the command prompt, type CD\, then press Enter. Now type attrib -r -a -s -h boot.ini (note the spaces between command letters and the hyphen for the next letter) and press Enter. This will remove file attributes that would prevent you from editing the file. Next, type notepad boot.ini and press Enter to open and edit the file.

Thanks.

That'll be my last resort. I have an option to repair the installation (via the 4 startup disks), but it requires the password to continue.

I can see everything in d: (the win2k location), it'd just be good to find the file that held the password.

Thanks anyway.

which file is it. tell me it might can help in future.

thans
-BLUE

Thanks Blue!

I'll try that tonight. But, as you mentioned what it may look like, what should it look like if I have win98 on c: and win2k on d: ?

Thanx again