H.T.F.C.

Hello,,,,

I have developed a problem with my dual boot system. I have win98 and xp,, win98 being on the c:
drive, and xp on the d drive.
I switched to xp today after a reboot, all seemed okay as it went through the normal motions, then
it produced a screen as if xp had been installed for the first time;; then just ceased up.
I havent used xp a great deal, and it doesnt have access to the internet.
When I open win' explorer, (via booting back to win98) it shows my D: drive with all of the things
that are loaded into xp, including all new folders and stuff that I created last time I was there.
(oh, xp was loaded on using fat32, and has been that way for over a year without a problem.)

So, one of my main concerns right now is the fact that xp is the boot manager for the dual-boot, and
I sure as heck dont want to lose the ability to boot into win98.

I have heard that there is a repair tool on my xp disc, and was wondering whether I should try to
use that? I also dont have my product key anymore. I downloaded 'magicjellybean' product key
finder, and saved it to a file in win98, then from there created a folder on xp (d: drive) and
copied it into there,, but realised that I was still in a 98 environment and hence couldnt fire
it up to find xp's product number..... still, I dont even know if I need that at this stage
because I have the original disc anyway.

Can anyone advise on what I should do, or better still, what any of you here would do in the same
situation? Basically, I havent really tried anything yet, thought I would come here first.

Have run all the obvious antivirus and malaware programs, comes up clean for win98.


Thank you for input.