Microsoft KB Archive/197558

= System Recovery May Not Restore Windows NT Dual Boot Menu =

Article ID: 197558

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q197558



SYMPTOMS
After you restore files from a full Windows 98 system backup, the Windows NT Dual Boot menu may not be displayed.



CAUSE
A hard disk failure can cause a loss of the system partition information in the Master Boot Record (MBR) on the hard disk. When you use the SYS command as part of the Windows 98 System Recovery process, the SYS command replaces the Windows NT system files with Windows 98 system files. This can also occur with Restore.exe.



RESOLUTION
To restore the Windows NT Dual Boot menu, you can use the Windows NT Setup disks to repair the system files after restoring your backup files. Replacing the Windows 98 system files with the Windows NT Flex Boot Loader restores dual-boot functionality with Windows 98.

For information about how to do this, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 136547

TITLE : Restoring Windows NT Dual Boot After Installing Windows 95

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB197558

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