XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,   
   microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion   
   From: NOPSAMmm2005@bigfoot.com   
      
   On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:05:30 -0400, mm    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >PART TWO   
   >   
   >Then, instead of Parted or Gparted, I used Easeus Partition Master 6,   
   >the latest version, to make the 98 partition smaller, leaving 16 gigs   
   >of unallocated space in between, until after I test everything.   
   >Well, XP booted just fine after this and it accessed many files from   
   >the 98 partition, including executing a couple of them, but booting   
   >win98SE just showed a black screen with a flashing underline in the   
   >upper-left hand corner, that never went away.   
   >   
   >I went back into XP, checked the boot.ini file and it hadn't changed.   
   >XXClone has an option to make a disk bootable, so I tried the first   
   >part, Write MBR.   When I tried to boot 98, nothing had changed.  Then   
   >I went back and did the second part, Write Boot Sector, and after   
   >that, it would go from the Dual Boot menu to the win98SE menu (which I   
   >have it set up to always display) and I chose my usual, Boot with   
   >logging.  It ran config.sys and autoexec.bat, and then, where I   
   >normally displayed the time before leaving dos to start win98, it gave   
   >a message, "Time invalid".  (I entered a time, which was there when   
   >later I got to XP, but it didn't ask for a date, and the date was   
   >still accurate in XP).  Then the next message was "C: not found,   
   >abort, retry, or Fxxx"  When I tried F or Retry, I got the same   
   >message again.  When I tried A for abort, the computer turned off.   
   >   
   >What do I do now?   I want 98 to work still for several reasons.   
   >   
   >Any help is greatly appreciated.   
      
   I have more information, that I didnt' think to get at first.   
      
   For some reason, according to EaseUS run under winXP   
      
    Partition 1, the win98 partition is marked  System and Primary.   
    Partition 2, the winXP partition is marked  Boot.   
      
   Is that right?   
      
   Win98 is where 98 was first installed and where the boot.ini is.  In   
   boot.ini, the default is to go to partition 2 and start XP.   
      
   I thought part 1 was the boot partition until it handed off to part 2.   
   Why does Easus regard part 2 as a boot partition?   Is it because I'm   
   in XP already, and I'd get a different result if I booted from a   
   partition manager CD?   
      
   For some reason, trying to start Partition Magic 8 freezes the   
   computer at the flash screen, but this program is entirely on the XP   
   partition.   
      
   Thanks again.   
      
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