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  1. Boot to the A:\> prompt with a Win98 startup floppy (or bootable win98 CD-ROM).

  2. Once you are at the A:\> prompt type
    SYS C:
    This will correct the problem of Win98 not booting, but now you will be unable to boot into WinXP.

  3. Boot into Win98 and open a MS-DOS prompt (Click Start, Select Programs, then select MS-DOS prompt).

  4. Navigate to the root directory of the Win98 hard drive.

    5. cd c:\

  5. Use the practically-archaic DEBUG.EXE utility to load the boot sector into memory and dump it to file as follows:

    6. NOTE - Only required if bootsect.dos is lost or corrupted.
    Only type in the text highlighted in red.

    C:\>debug
    -L 100 2 0 1
    -N C:\BOOTSECT.DOS
    -R BX
    -0
    -R CX
    -200
    -W
    -Q

  6. Re-boot, check and ensure you can boot into Win98.

  7. Re-boot your PC with your WinXP CD in the CDROM drive and select the recovery console. Once you are at the command prompt do as follows:

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