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Unable write master boot record
Name: Matthew Price Date: July 7, 2002 at 09:41:32 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
Before a complete wipe today my system was: Windows 2000 - 10gig Windows ME - 15gig
Same drive different partitions using PowerQuest BootMagic.
Now if I try and change the active partition to FAT32 (WIndows ME) the system says "Cannot write master boot record" and hangs. BootMagic no longer works.
Name: Matthew Price Date: July 7, 2002 at 10:20:49 Pacific
Reply:
Tried that same error
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Response Number 3
Name: jacko Date: July 7, 2002 at 12:06:55 Pacific
Reply:
You don't need to use boot magic anyway. Put in your win2k disk at boot and from the recovery console type fixmbr and let win2k be your boot manager. Also try fixboot.
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Response Number 4
Name: Harry Date: July 7, 2002 at 14:03:57 Pacific
Reply:
Do you have virus protection enabled in your bios? You should disable this if you want to change your MBR. Also temporary disable your virusprotection as it might not let you do this.
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