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damaged mbr.
Name: Thomas riddelsdell Date: October 25, 2002 at 12:30:00 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 1000/512
Comment:
My mbr has been overwritten. I was trying to format a new western digital drive usinf EZ Install. This appears to have overwritten my mbr. can I recover it. I cant see how to run f disk. xp doesn't appear to provide an option for a startup disk.
Name: buzz Date: October 25, 2002 at 13:00:57 Pacific
Reply:
Boot with the XP cd, once booted press R to get to the repair console. then type:
fixboot fixmbr
then type exit and reboot your pc to see if you resotred your MBR
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Response Number 2
Name: EC Date: October 25, 2002 at 13:58:29 Pacific
Reply:
Win 98 floppy can be used for fdisk (fdisk /mbr), but I'd use the Win XP CD and PRESS R (recovery) and the commands: fixboot, fixmbr as stated above, and then REBOOT.
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