Re: FIXMBR > Do I or Dont' I?

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I clicked yes to the FIXMBR prompt. There was a brief message that the
Master Boot Record had been rewritten. Then I typed exit to get out of the
Recovery Console. Alas, Windows still did not boot.

Instead, it makes like it wants to boot: "Start Windows Normally" is the
default option, then the safe mode options, as well as the "Last Good
Configuration" option. No matter which option I choose, however, it goes
through the initialization screen again, and then back to the screen with
start Windows options. Since the "Start Windows Normally" option
automatically goes after 30 seconds, I find that the boot sequence will
happily loop between these two screens indefinitely, until I intervene with
an attempt to start-up from my XP CDROM and the Recovery Console.

Other than the REcovery Console, I'm also able to press delete key and get
to a setup screen. There I checked my BIOS settings, which seem okay but
what the hell do I know?

Any other great ideas? Or is it reformat time?

Note: In Recovery Console, I can see a list of all of the directories and
files using DIR. But if I attempt CHDIR c:\"program files" (for instance) I
get the message, Access Is Denied. Similarly, if I try to copy a file from
My Documents to my floppy drive, I get Access Is Denied.

Thanks to anyone who's still hangin' with this thread.

Hans W

"Gordon" wrote:

> "Hans W" <HansW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:18CD4501-8B63-4C33-B0F4-136C2D032472@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > This is a new thread, but based on an old one (<can't get xp to boot
> > after fix via recovery console>).
> >
> > After trying just about everything else (such as bootcfg /rebuild,
> > chkdsk, etc.) to get Windows XP SP2 to boot, I'm at the point of
> > running FIXMBR in the Recovery console.
> >
> > However, when I type in FIXMBR and hit the return key, I get this
> > warning:
> >
> > **caution**
> > This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot
> > record. FIXMBR may damage your partition tables if you proceed.
> > This could cause all the partitions on the current hard disk to become
> > inaccesible.
> > If you are not having problems accessing your drive to not continue.
> > Are you sure you want to write a new MBR?
>
>
> That's the standard message when the MBR needs fixing! Hit "yes" and you'll
> be all ok.
> I've done it many times.
>
>
>
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