Changing partition size

[Dennis]

So that everyone knows, I got this from EASUS:

We are sorry for your problem.
We admit that our product have brought you trouble. If you resize the 98
system partition through other OS, the 98 OS will not boot again.
To solve the problem, please follow below steps:
1. Backup the important files.
2. Repair the 98 OS with the system installation disk.
3. Repair XP again with XP installation disk.

If you have important files on partition C, we suggest you install Data
Recovery Wizard on partition D to recover the files firstly. The demo
version can be downloaded from http://www.easeus.com/download.htm

If we can be of further assistance, please reply to this message. When
replying, please be sure to include this and any other pertinent
correspondence in your message.

I haven't had time to try the fix you recommended using the XP repair
console. If I get Windows 98 to boot again, will I lose XP if I increase
that partition size?

Hi Dennis,
In that case it's a matter of rebuilding the boot partition.
The Partition table is sometimes written over be programs that resize
partitions. Unfortunately, this is where XP writes a tiny bit of code to
start the boot menu that you [used to] see when your computer starts up. To
repair this you need your XP installation disk. Configure your BIOS
settings to be able to boot from the cd. Put the cd in the drive and boot
from it. When it gives you the choice - select the item: "Repair XP with
Recovery Console". After it starts you will be prompted for the
Administrator password, so beforehand you should know what this is. If you
have never configured a password for Administrator, it will have remained
'blank' and just pressing [ENTER] when the password is required will be
fine. Then you will be faced by a DOS-style "C:\>" prompt. This is NOT
the same as DOS and for a list of available commands type "help" and press
[ENTER] for more help on a command type the command followed by a /?
forward-slash / questionmark 'switch'. So for the 'fixboot' command help
would look like:

fixboot /?

..and you would get::

Writes a new bootsector onto the system partition.

FIXBOOT [drive:]

[drive:] Specifies the drive to which a boot sector
will be written, overriding the default
choice of the system boot partition.

....etc. Then type:

fixboot c:

...at the prompt and press [ENTER] reboot. Your boot.ini file listing the
available bootable Windows installations (i.e. XP and 98) should be intact
on you XP drive, and all should be as it was with regards to your boot
process.

Good luck with this. Re-post with the results of your exploits and/or any
[further] problems.

 

[Dennis]

Tim,
Finally had time to try this fix. I don't get on the screen what you
say I will get. When I choose "R" for Repair console, I get a message:
Which Windows XP do you want to repair? and my only choice is:
1. E:\Windows XP. If I choose choose 1, I get the password request
then I hit enter. This takes me to E:\Windows prompt, Not C:\ prompt.
If I type in fixboot C:, it says it will repair the boot information
over writing the original info.. I said yes. It says it repaired it but
does not tell me to reboot. I rebooted anyway and I still can not boot
in to Windows 98, the screen flashes and I get the two choices again.
Fortunately Windows XP still worked.