I need some ideas please.

Using Win 98 and thought I would try Linux. In order to minimise damage I tried Knoppix 3.2 -2003.06.06.

Had to use boot disk and CD to get up and running which was successful!

Removed CD and boot disk and now cannot boot Win 98 from hard drive. Tried win 98 recovery floppy to be informed that hard drive doesn't have any FAT or FAT32 partitions and suggests reformat.

The hard drive is available when I run Knoppix. I will probably move to Linux when more familiar but I need to get at windows for now.

The other thing I noticed is that I had to create a floppy for Knoppix - previously on reinstalling Win98 I could boot from CD. I fear something fundamental has failed.

Any suggestions gratefully received!!

Alan