WIn98 will not boot. Was OK then not. See below. Can you comment on the process to repair a damaged WIN98 install on a dual boot WIN98 XP machine. All was well with both WIN98 and XP-Pro and then one day booting to WIN caused a error that said user.exe is corrupt you must install windows, What I am not sure of is how to reinstall windows to C: without disrupting any of the other programs on C: XP is on I: and I install ALL apps on C: as it is 40GIG. I: is just a 6GIG partitian on a 12GIG drive. Any help or dialogue is appreciated.

hi, boot xp insert w98 cd use the explorer to find a text in files search for user.exe in all CAB files when you found the CAB file then exract user.exe with expand copy the user.exe over the old one

OK, Did it, now on boot 98 the system just blue screens, period. Found this also, http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243372 but I do not know what to do about the blue screen. If I had to install windows again, do you know how it should be done. Thanks Again for the help BTW.

You say you instal all apps on C although XP is on I. Are your apps installed "IN" xp or 98? ie are they XP's apps? If so then formatting your C drive is out of the question. Boot into XP. Use explorer to delete the contents of C:\Windows. this will wipe your 98 system. Check your C drive for the following files: Boot.ini NTLDR NTDETECT.COM BOOTSECT.DOS They should be located on root directory of C drive. Make a backup copy of these files on floppy or CD if you have a burner. Reinstal 98 into your C:\Windows folder. This may alter your bootsector removing access to your XP system. This is where the backup comes in. Copy the four files back to the root of your C drive and your dualboot should be restored.