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Messed up MBR, can't dual boot!!!
Name: Hammamur Date: December 18, 2001 at 04:50:35 Pacific
Comment:
Hi, I originally had windows me already on the C drive. I then installed windows xp on the d drive, giving me the option to dual boot. I then had a serious problem with drive c, so I formatted it, and reinstalled windows me. I have now no option to dual boot, I presume i've messed up the mbr.
Could some please tell be how i can recover from this situation, so I can once again acces windows xp, with the dual boot option.
Name: Sterling_Aug Date: December 18, 2001 at 06:49:10 Pacific
Reply:
If you reloaded ME on the C drive, you modified the MBR.
Start the install of XP again, but select the option to repair the previous install. If that does not fix it, then do a full reinstall of XP.
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Response Number 2
Name: mark Date: December 18, 2001 at 11:45:08 Pacific
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Or you can copy your boot.ini from your d drive to c drive that should fix the problem
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Response Number 3
Name: MR CHILLED Date: December 18, 2001 at 13:40:55 Pacific
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Boot up into safe mode with command mode (or something like that)....when you get to the prompt there is a command to fix your master boot record (type help). I think it is called mbr.exe or something similar. Run it and it may fix your problem. Good luck
(XP is what you make it!)
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Response Number 4
Name: adi Date: December 20, 2001 at 12:40:40 Pacific
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go make a ERD ( emergency repair disk ) go start- program - acssisories - system tools _ backup - them creat ERD then boot from the cd and repair from the ERD the second solution that is the best one to install teh recovery console ( go to start- run- cmd- then change the directory to the Cd - the type - winnt32/cmdcons -U will install it . then restart the Pc and enter the reccovery console then after U enter type ( fixmbr ) URs adi
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Response Number 5
Name: conan Date: December 30, 2001 at 19:39:19 Pacific
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well put in u xp cd go to thr option to the repair consol wen u get to th c prompt type fixboot
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