If you have Windows NT / 2000 / XP, you can boot from startup floppy disks
or CD-ROM, choose repair option during setup, and run Recovery Console. When
you are logged on, you can run FIXMBR command to fix MBR.
I think this will work
peterk
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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about
the problem
"dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a two HD system.
> The original HD was Win98 and it was "C:". no partitions.
> I added another HD (160 gb) and made it as the primary boot drive. It has
> XP
> Pro Service pack 2 and was designated as "F:". No partitions.
>
> When ever I booted up, drive "F:" would boot and everything was fine. The
> windows directory was F:/Windows as would be expected.
> Last month I created a ASR backup with 4 floppies and 12 DVDs.
>
> Last week the drive got corrupted and fails to boot.
> I bought a new drive (200gb) and ran the recovery which was originated on
> the original installation disks.
> It formated 160gb of the 200gb drive and I spent lots of time feeding it
> the
> floppies and dvds.
> When all was over I attempted to boot from the drive and it would not
> boot.
>
> I'd hate to loose all my data.
>
> Any suggestions why this is happening?
> Thanks
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