windows boot prob

[w2k]

ok

Im my computer I have 2 HD's one has the operating systems on, win98 and xp on dual boot, and the other is for data.

I just used partition magic to partition the 2nd data HD in my computer.

So it reboots to map the drive letters I boot into win98 as thats what i run partititon magic from. The first windows 98 spash screen loads and after about 3 seconds I get a beep and the HD light stops flahing and it just sits there on the win98 splash screen

So I press the restart button boot into win98 and it does it again. So i rebooted again but into XP which is fine and it finds the new drive partiton which is good.

So i went back to trying to boot 98 using safe mode and I still get the beep then nothing else.

Any ideas.

[NEWSBOT3]

Originally posted by w2k
ok

Im my computer I have 2 HD's one has the operating systems on, win98 and xp on dual boot, and the other is for data.

I just used partition magic to partition the 2nd data HD in my computer.

So it reboots to map the drive letters I boot into win98 as thats what i run partititon magic from. The first windows 98 spash screen loads and after about 3 seconds I get a beep and the HD light stops flahing and it just sits there on the win98 splash screen

So I press the restart button boot into win98 and it does it again. So i rebooted again but into XP which is fine and it finds the new drive partiton which is good.

So i went back to trying to boot 98 using safe mode and I still get the beep then nothing else.

Any ideas.

sounds like your partitions a bit buggered, specially if safe mode wont work.
can you press F8 when starting, and get Safe mode with command prompt ?

[w2k]

Originally posted by NEWSBOT3


sounds like your partitions a bit buggered, specially if safe mode wont work.
can you press F8 when starting, and get Safe mode with command prompt ?

no i cant all the options have the safe effect

good job I backed up all the important stuff to the other HD yesterday.

I can still see the 98 partition from XP shall i use the partition magic restore disks?

[Miserableman]

Hammer the ESCAPE button as it starts up, this should stop the splash screen from appearing and show any error messages it's giving you.

If you see any, post them here as they will be helpful in diagnosing your problem.