If your recovery CD is based on XPe, then I don't know what could be the
problem.
Mine is working perfectly.
Regards,
Slobodan
"Oliver Waits" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The hard drive is an Hitachi Deskstar.
>
> Capacity: 41.1GB
> LBA: 80.418.240
>
> When you partition and format using Windows XP
> Professional and then run my recovery CD which does:
> partition, active, format ntfs, copy image; it all works
> fine.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >> What links the MBR to the PBR?
> >When you set partition as active MBR is also bound to
> load selected PBR.
> >
> >BIOS load first sector from disk it tries to boot at
> memory address
> >0x7c00-0x7fff
> >if word at 510 address contains 0xAA55 bios jump to
> position 0x7c00
> >
> >From this point program stored in MBR is responsible for
> finding and loading
> >PBR as marked in partition table contained within MBR.
> >After valid PBR with signature is loded MBR jumps to PBR
> code.
> >PBR try to find ntldr. and to load it and execute.
> >ntldr. load boot.ini and present you with choice if
> there are few entries
> >and timeout set.
> >
> >
> >This all should be set with diskpart (with activating
> partition) and format.
> >
> >What is the size of your HDD?
> >Is it LBA or CHS configuration?
> >Have you been able to boot anything from this disk? And
> what was that?
> >
> >If it is something small few hundreds megabytes.
> >Try using utilities from old dos like.
> >
> >fdisk and fdisk /MBR
> >format
> >bootprep
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Slobodan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:0a9b01c3bf28$727b5bf0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> OK I get that.
> >>
> >> At the moment I use disk part to set the partition as
> >> active. So this links the BIOS to the MBR.
> >>
> >> I also use the format command to format as NTFS. So
> this
> >> links the PBR to NTLDR.
> >>
> >> What links the MBR to the PBR?
> >>
> >> I guess this must be my problem as if there is no link
> >> between BIOS and MBR then you get a "No boot device
> >> found" and if there is no link between PBR and NTLDR
> then
> >> you get "NTLDR not found". I just get a flashing
> cursor.
> >>
> >> I am desperate to solve this problem.
> >>
> >> Do I have to set the partition as active after the
> format
> >> as well as before? Is there another diskpart command I
> am
> >> not aware of.
> >>
> >> Olie
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >You are completely right that XP format command is not
> >> capable of making
> >> >disk bootable.
> >> >
> >> >But diskpart command is very capable with making MBR
> >> bootable.
> >> >format will make PBR bootable.
> >> >
> >> >So both combined will make your system bootable.
> >> >
> >> >Boot order:
> >> >
> >> >BIOS->MBR->PBR->ntldr->.....
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >Slobodan
> >> >
> >> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> >news:031401c3be80$153f30e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >> I am sorry but this is not going to be very helpful
> too
> >> >> you, as I am only going to sympathise with you.
> >> >>
> >> >> Are you using a brand new hard drive, if so I have
> >> >> exactly the same problem and have posted it on the
> >> forum
> >> >> before, to no avail. For some reason the problem
> only
> >> >> seems to occur with brand new hard drives.
> >> >>
> >> >> I think it is that the XPE format command is not
> >> capable
> >> >> of creating the correct boot information.
> >> >>
> >> >> The only way I have found around the problem is to
> >> first
> >> >> format it in FAT32 and then convert it to NTFS.
> >> >>
> >> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >> >Hi,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I've tried to make a XPe image to my test target
> >> >> consiting of a PII
> >> >> >computer, hard drive, floppy drive, CD and network
> >> card.
> >> >> The bios does not
> >> >> >suppoort booting over network.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >1. First I booted using the XPe installation disk
> 1.
> >> >> >2. Used tap.exe to analyze the target device.
> >> >> >3. Prepared a partition for my image using diskpart
> >> >> utility(NTFS, 400MB)
> >> >> >4. Generate a new image based on the tap.exe output
> >> >> (device.pmq)
> >> >> >5. Copy image (files and directories) from the
> >> >> development computer to the
> >> >> >target device using network connection.
> >> >> >6. Reboots the target device.
> >> >> >7. A cursor is blinking on the screen....and
> nothing
> >> >> more happens....
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Can someone please help me out?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Thanks
> >> >> >Stein K
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >.
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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