"Joyce" <Joyce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have recently installed windows xp on my 'd' drive and wish to delete off
> windows98, so i went to format drive 'c', which is a wrong move. Now when
> i
> on my computer, the screen stop at ms-dos with the 'c' prompt and there is
> only 1 command.com file in the c drive. How do i start the window xp in
> my
> 'd' drive?
>
> Thank you for helping.

"pvdg42" <pvdg42@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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> "Joyce" <Joyce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AD76F6F6-C51B-4633-957E-0567E7782950@microsoft.com...
>>I have recently installed windows xp on my 'd' drive and wish to delete
>>off
>> windows98, so i went to format drive 'c', which is a wrong move. Now
>> when i
>> on my computer, the screen stop at ms-dos with the 'c' prompt and there
>> is
>> only 1 command.com file in the c drive. How do i start the window xp in
>> my
>> 'd' drive?
>>
>> Thank you for helping.
>
> When you formatted your C: drive, you destroyed the boot sector.
> Check into utilities fixmbr and fixboot.
>
> Try ResQ from http://www.invircible.com/
>
> Or, you might try (as you say you can boot to DOS):
>
> <quote>
>
> ...to restore the Windows MBR, boot to DOS using your
> rescue floppies, and run "fdisk /MBR".
>
>
> </quote>
>
> If these suggestions don't work for you, try searching:
>
> http://groups.google.com
>
> for additional alternatives.
>
>
>
>