Corrupted Master Boot Record

I do not have a Windows XP disk. The operating system was pre-installed on
my notebook pc. Is there any other way to do it?


"Kemco" wrote:

> Insert your Windows XP disc in your computer. Boot from the CD. At the
> first screen where you are prompted to choose between the options press the
> "R" key to load into recovery console. Enter your administrator password
> when asked(if you have not set one leave it blank and press enter). When you
> are at the C:\Windows> Prompt type in chkdsk /p when that finishes type in
> fixboot and y to the question. Then type exit to restart your computer.
> This will fix the boot sector on your hard drive. Good Luck,
>
> Joe
>
> Kemco ITT
>
> "Ed Pyle" wrote:
>
> > I suspect that the MBR on my laptop somehow got corrupted. How can I fix it?
> > I used the "FDISK /MBR" command in Win98 but that doesn't work in XP.
> >
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Borrow somebody CD and perform the procedure.
HTH.

"Ed Pyle" wrote:

> I do not have a Windows XP disk. The operating system was pre-installed on
> my notebook pc. Is there any other way to do it?
>
>
> "Kemco" wrote:
>
> > Insert your Windows XP disc in your computer. Boot from the CD. At the
> > first screen where you are prompted to choose between the options press the
> > "R" key to load into recovery console. Enter your administrator password
> > when asked(if you have not set one leave it blank and press enter). When you
> > are at the C:\Windows> Prompt type in chkdsk /p when that finishes type in
> > fixboot and y to the question. Then type exit to restart your computer.
> > This will fix the boot sector on your hard drive. Good Luck,
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > Kemco ITT
> >
> > "Ed Pyle" wrote:
> >
> > > I suspect that the MBR on my laptop somehow got corrupted. How can I fix it?
> > > I used the "FDISK /MBR" command in Win98 but that doesn't work in XP.
> > >
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Ed Pyle <EdPyle.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I do not have a Windows XP disk. The operating system was pre-installed on
>my notebook pc. Is there any other way to do it?
>

If it is in fact a problem with the MBR then you could try MBRWORK
from the free utilities section at http://www.bootitng.com

If it is some other problem with the disk data structure then you
could create a bootable CD using Bart's PE Builder from
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Create the CD and boot the laptop with it. Open a Command Prompt
window and run CHKDSK /R

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
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Replied to [Ed Pyle]s message :
> I do not have a Windows XP disk. The operating system was pre-installed on
> my notebook pc. Is there any other way to do it?
>

Borrow a CD
OR
Use "BootItNG" to restore the MBR


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