Pagefile FUBAR

Have dualboot windows machine with 98 and 2000pro (2kp). 98 is in boot partition (FAT, C:)and 2kp is in NTFS extended partition. The page file for 2kp was originally all on C:. I changed the page file settings in 2kp to be located in both partitions plus those in a new drive I added. I then wiped out the partitions on the new drive without resetting the pagefile. Now when I try to boot into 2kp, the “ctr-alt-del” login screen comes up, I login, but the system “loops back” to the login screen. To make things worse, I have about 2.5 GIG of EFS-encrypted files I can not access!