Re: FIXMBR Redux

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From: Andrew E (eckrichco_at_msn.com)
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 10:19:01 -0700

  You should have used XCOPY in xp for cloneing the hd,it works...
 If the drive happens to be missing files/folders you should run as
 master,boot to xp cd,select,install xp,repair xp.Or you can run youre 3rd
 party noncense and figure out all the problems like you have...

"William B. Lurie" wrote:

> Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:
>
> If PartitionMagic or DriveImage really don't include the MBR in whatever
>
> > version you have, and if you were looking to copy the MBR from the
> > source drive to the cloned drive, use mbrutil from Powerquest. Go to:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/
> >
> > and download head.zip.
>
>
> Michael, I am back on the cloning matter, and followed your advice
> as mentioned above. I found 'head' and 'mbrutil', and unzipped
> and created a folder for those files. But from their shorthand,
> I can't seem to find a syntax for MBRUTIL which will recover the MBR
> and save it to a file (named, say 'savedmbr.xxx' where I don't
> know what extension to use), and then, if I can save that file,
> just how do I apply it to my cloned hard drive, running as
> D:, my Slave Drive?
>
> And, while I'm about it, you'll recall that booting asks for choice
> of XP or RC, with a 10-second default at the moment. Since mine
> won't go to RC anyway if I were to select that option, claiming
> that some .dll file is missing, can you tell me how to eliminate that
> option altogether (not just set it to zero time, but delete the option)?
> I wouldn't do it on my Master Drive, because I'd be afraid of breaking
> it, but it's something I can do on the Slave while running the Master.
> It might even help it to become bootable.
>
> Thank you.
>
> William B. Lurie
>
>