Hi there,

 I bought
a DELL PC which came with Windows 98.  Later, I got Partition Magic
and then installed Windows 2000 as the second OS of a dual boot system
using BootMagic 7.0. I was able to boot into either win98 OR win 2000
without any problems.

  A few months ago, I was doing disk defragmenting on windows 98 --
during this process, the defrag program told me that some file
fragments(in the C:\ root drive) were orphans(or something to that
effect)
and if I wanted to delete them. I confirmed the DELETion of a few orphan
files. After the defrag operation, when i tried to RE-Boot into the windows 98 OS,
I get the message 
"Invalid System Disk. 
Replace the Disk and Press any Key..."

I believe that the defrag program might have moved key windows 98 OS
files and bootmagic is not able to get the bootstrap code for windows
98. I have misplaced the backup disks that I got when I installed
PartitionMagic. Is there a way that I can get back to boot into
windows 98 ?
Even though I can still boot into Windows 2000(which is installed on
Drive F:), I want to use some of the programs which are still on
Windows 98.

I found that the C:\ root drive had config.sys, msdos.sys, io.sys, etc
I also found a file on C:\ called "BOOTSECT.DOS" which has the following contents.
"Invalid system disk˙
Disk I/O error˙
Replace the disk, and then press any key
"

Now, how do I go about getting the Win 98 OS to boot again ?

BTW, I have partitionMagic and BootMagic installed on the windows 2000 OS also
(SystemDrive=F:) so I can NOW use both these programs.

Thank you very much,

Best Regards,
ANJAN. B

there is a file called "c:\boot.ini" ... can you read it and describe its contents?
There should be a line in boot.ini (you'll have to remove the system
and read-only attributes)
C:\="Microsoft Windows 98"
This may mess with the config of Boot Magic (I'm not familiar with the product)...

Here's hints on how to have done it without those programs, though I
am NOT suggesting you do this to your current system!
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;217210
http://bratlady.com/linux_boot.shtml (Yes, it says Linux, but guess
what? There are a lot of people who will boot multiple OS's and the
Linux crowd are one of the more verbose about getting multiple OS's to
run, even if they shun Windows :)

hi there admin,

 can I reopen this question ? 

thank you,

BR,
~A