Re: Lost boot sector, No keyboard-mouse on Login

You never did tell us what the specific problem is.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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<user1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|I have a hard drive originally set up for W2K with a lot of programs
| that is very resistant to being repaired!
|
| I have used the Recovery Console to recreate MBR and Boot sector, to no
| avail.
|
| I tried a Repair which replaced a lot of files, including NTdetect etc.,
| to no avail.
|
| So I boot off a floppy with hte boot files -- OK, that works.
|
| Then I cannot use the keyboard or mouse. Hence I cannot login, in Safe
| Mode too.
|
| This computer was working OK then suddenly failed to boot --
| no_boot_device or whatever blue screen.
|
| CAN ANYBODY suggest how I can resolve either the boot sector issue
| and/or the login issue?
|
| There were a number of old posts and web fixes for Mouseware issues, but
| that is not relevant here. No new drivers, no Mouseware preceded this,
| to my knowledge.
|
| Thank you.
|
| Richard


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