Dual boot XP & W2K Problems!

[MowermanED]

OK guys,here's my problem. I just installed XP Pro to my W98 & W2K system to give it a spin, and now I can't boot into W2K (or 98). Before I started this is what I had:
Primary disk E: W98SE Fat32
C: W2K NTFS
D: DATA NTFS
Secondary disk L: Fat32 EMPTY
M: Fat32 EMPTY

I installed XP to L. All went well as far as I could tell and it seems to run just fine (although it does look like Fisher Price). Here's the problem, I only get the choice of XP or W2K, no 98 (which doesn't really bother me) but when I try to boot into W2K I get a black screen with the message in upper left corner saying <windows root>\system32\hal.dll corrupt or missing please reinstall. I've done a search from XP and can't find this file anywhere on C,D,L,M. Drive E is not visable. HELP!!!

 

[ramani]

HI
Try removing the second harddisk and then restart with only first harddisk.
ramani :-9
(Subramanian.G),FoxAcc, ramani_g@yahoo.com

 

[MowermanED]

Ramani,
I'm sure that would work, but I'm looking for a more practical solution. I went ahead and installed PartitionMagic, and after using it discovered that &quot;E&quot; drive is now hidden. I suspect that that is where my missing file is located. I'm afraid to make it visable because, according to PM I might change drive letters. I don't know what to do. I also thought of installing BootMagic but I can't have 2 copies of it on the same machine and in order to uninstall the first copy (on &quot;E&quot I'd have to make it unhidden. What to do?

 

[gfincati]

To find the file try &quot;unhiding&quot; the partition, boot into win2K and set the partition letters as necessary. I don't think installing an additional copy of BootMagic will help in this case, but will only complicate the matter when you unhide the drive.