[simpits-tech] AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *SOB*

[James Hallows]

At 19:10 25/05/03 -0500, you wrote:
>XP uses NT filing system if I'm not mistaken.  98 uses FAT16 or 32.  I
>don't' believe you can stick a Fat formatted disk in a box which is using
>XP.  If you tried that and got the garbage, that may be why.  Find a box
>that is using FAT format(16 or 32 depending on how you set up 98, you
>probably used FAT32) and plug it in there as a slave and see what you get.
>Also, instead of trying to boot into windows, go into the BIOS setup and
>change your first boot device to a:\ and then when you dual boot, choose 98
>and boot from a DOS floppy instead and see if you get a C:\ and then see if
>you can read your disk.



Absolutely - if you can boot from a DOS disk, and you can read files on 
your HD by typing DIR at the DOS prompt, you can save this.

James