If you suspect the problem is the mbr (and it certainly sounds like it could
be), boot with a Win98 floppy and run fdisk /mbr. This has the same effect
as running fixmbr from the recovery console.
Re: Boot Manager ... >>> No boot manager that usurps the MBR bootstrap area ... >>> will cooperate with a drive overlay manager which also usurps the MBR... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Mbr messed up? ... can't boot up at all after coming out of hibernation. ... Looked at the MBR sector which seems to be ok ... The bootstrap program is in the first 460 ... > program reads the partition table to find out which partition is marked ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: OT File recovery Software ... I guess some of you never used the fix MBR command?... The Master Boot Record contains the Partition Table for the disk and a small ...first sector on the disk. ... (alt.med.fibromyalgia)
Re: OT File recovery Software ... > I guess some of you never used the fix MBR command?... > The Master Boot Record will be created when you create the first ... > partition on the hard disk. ... > first sector on the disk. ... (alt.med.fibromyalgia)
Re: Uninstall on XP64 to Install of XP Home ... > RogerS wrote: ... >> Vendor for the program was good enough to take the XP64 disc back. ... > the hard drive and install a new OS of your choice. ... > you then boot into Safe Mode and click Start> Control Panel ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
