OS Problem in Starting up

[Amir Hajizadeh]

hi to dear viewers
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i've installed windows 98 on drive C: and windows server 2003 (Standard Edition)
on drive D:
i decided to remove windows 98 and install windows xp instead of it
so i deleted folders of Windows98 which are relevent to itself Windows98
such as:Windows ,Program Files and so on and kept another files which required
for system compatibility and Windows server
such as :ntdetect.com , command.com,boot.ini and so on.
i've installed windows XP on drive c: successfuly and it runs truely now but
when i choose my Windows Server at system startup menu it causes to appear a black screen
without any Error/notice Message and it remains until i press Restart Burron.
i check boot.ini file but it's correct as before ! please help me ...
i have important files and programs on my Windows Server and don't want to lose them
thanks a lot ...

 

[lynx6200]

Just wondering, but how come you went deleting the winows files of 98 just to install XP? I would have just installed XP over it, or formatted the drive first. It sounds like you may have deleted a file for Server 2003. If you still have the disk, you should be able to do a repair install, and hopefuly that would take care of the issue.

 

[jjsevdt]

It's probably because it's on two seperate drives

 

[ripken2004]

couldnt you just go into xp and then go through ur d: drive? and get the files that way