Vista install won't let Win98 boot anymore

[csanii]

I just did a Vista install to the 2nd disk in my system. The 1st disk has Win98 on it. However I unfortunately told Vista to do a clean install on disk 2 instead of a custom install and now my system will only boot up Vista even though I can see all my Win98 files intact on disk 1.

I did an MBR and track 0 restore to disk 1 but no luck it still just boots Vista.
Does Vista hide or move any of Win98 boot up files? I thought the MBR and track 0 restore would bring me back to a Win98 bootable system.

I found a hidden C:\Boot directory and C:\BootSect.Bak file. I think these are getting activated through the C:\bootmgr but I don't know how to get rid of this bootmgr program since if I rename the file I then get a file not found and the system then hangs there.
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Ok I gave in and restored from a GHOST image and got my 98 bootable system and kept a Vista bootable system.
You can't use the Vista bootmanager directly since Win98 does not have a NTLR file like WinNT does. Supposed you can copy this over and it should work....I may try this out later.

[EthanHunt]

i dunno if this helps, but maybe you should try installing microsoft virtual pc

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

its free from micrsoft and they claim you can run operating systems on it from ms-dos and up, so i think you can install this in vista and then boot into 98, but im not 100% sure, i've never used virtual pc

[awesomejs]

where u trying to make a dual boot?..cause vista only dual boots on xp,and i believe 2000

[csanii]

i dunno if this helps, but maybe you should try installing microsoft virtual pc

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

its free from micrsoft and they claim you can run operating systems on it from ms-dos and up, so i think you can install this in vista and then boot into 98, but im not 100% sure, i've never used virtual pc

Yes Virtual PC does work and you can boot up Win98 or other Windows OS's but I have my data currently all intact on the 1st disk. I just can't boot into it. I just want to restore that capability.

[csanii]

where u trying to make a dual boot?..cause vista only dual boots on xp,and i believe 2000

Actually I would be happy if I could just tell the Bios to boot disk 1 or boot disk 2. Right now it ignores what I tell it and only boots disk 2. I have a 3rd disk on my system also with Win98 and I call tell the computer to boot that without issue. I just can't get disk 1 to boot anymore.

Disk 1 Win98 -> won't boot -> just boots Vista
Disk 2 Vista -> boots no problem
Disk 3 Win98 -> will boot but it has different user software than disk 1 Win98

[awesomejs]

Actually I would be happy if I could just tell the Bios to boot disk 1 or boot disk 2. Right now it ignores what I tell it and only boots disk 2. I have a 3rd disk on my system also with Win98 and I call tell the computer to boot that without issue. I just can't get disk 1 to boot anymore.

Disk 1 Win98 -> won't boot -> just boots Vista
Disk 2 Vista -> boots no problem
Disk 3 Win98 -> will boot but it has different user software than disk 1 Win98


try disconecting the cables to disk 2 and 3 and see if u get anywhere

[glitch]

What kind of a system are you running Vista on anyway that it was running Windows 98 before?

[compygeek]

Vista uses a completely different and new bootloader that pretty much nullifies other bootloaders including xp. You could try a small app that I used when I wanted to dual boot vista ult. and winxp MCE it's called EasyBCD (http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1). However, I'm not sure if it will work with win98. Just install the app in vista, launch it and create a new bootloader profile to boot vista and win98 on disk one. Restart your computer and the option should come up right after POST.

[csanii]

AMD 1800 with 768Mb memory. No issues running Vista for home use.

[csanii]

try disconecting the cables to disk 2 and 3 and see if u get anywhere

I tried that too. When I do that my computer BIOS doesn't see my disk 1. Not sure why since it is a Master. As soon as I add both other disks (even though they are on different cables) then it sees them all. Must be some screwy IDE motherboard issue.