How to separate a dual-boot setup and boot from the second drive?

[watosh]

I have 2 hard drives in my computer. Drive 1 (C) has Win98 OS and is primary boot drive. Drive 2 (D) is Win2000 OS in a dual boot configuration. I originally setup the dual boot by running the Win2k install from Win98 on the C drive and specifying the Win2k OS to be installed on the D drive. It's been working just fine.

The problem that I need assistance with is that I now need to remove the existing C drive with Win98, and just keep the D drive (which will now become C) with Win2k. My goal is to boot using the Win2k that was installed during the dual boot setup. I've set the jumpers on the drive, etc., but the problem is that the boot loader is missing on the Win2k OS, since the previous bootup was from the old primary drive.

The question is this: How do I make the Win2k drive bootable without re-formatting? I can't lose the data in the registry as I have software that has been "activated" online and now the manufacturer is out of business, so no re-activations are possible!


Thanks in advance for your help.

Watosh

[Kov-Ice]

Welcome to PCMech! I can't give you an exact answer here, but I think THIS site may be able to help. There's a ton of info on dual booting, and you may be able to find some help there. Seems like you should be able to run Repair from your setup disc and FIXBOOT D: at the prompt, but I'm not familiar with whether Win2K has the Repair option.