The error you described is usually because the hard disk has a drive
overlay on it (EZ-BIOS is one) or you have some sort of Boot Agent on the
system. If EZ-BIOS is installed, you must remove it according to the
manufacture's instructions.
The easiest way to tell if a system has a drive overlay is to check Sector
0 of the boot sector. Normal ones look something like this:
Logical Block 0 (0x00000000) Master Boot Record
0000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c fb-50 07 50 1f fc be 1b 7c ......|.P.P....|
0010 bf 1b 06 50 57 b9 e5 01-f3 a4 cb bd be 07 b1 04 ...PW...........
0020 38 6e 00 7c 09 75 13 83-c5 10 e2 f4 cd 18 8b f5 .n.|.u..........
0030 83 c6 10 49 74 19 38 2c-74 f6 a0 b5 07 b4 07 8b ...It...t.......
0040 f0 ac 3c 00 74 fc bb 07-00 b4 0e cd 10 eb f2 88 ....t...........
0050 4e 10 e8 46 00 73 2a fe-46 10 80 7e 04 0b 74 0b N..F.s..F..~..t.
0060 80 7e 04 0c 74 05 a0 b6-07 75 d2 80 46 02 06 83 .~..t....u..F...
0070 46 08 06 83 56 0a 00 e8-21 00 73 05 a0 b6 07 eb F...V.....s.....
0080 bc 81 3e fe 7d 55 aa 74-0b 80 7e 10 00 74 c8 a0 ....}U.t..~..t..
0090 b7 07 eb a9 8b fc 1e 57-8b f5 cb bf 05 00 8a 56 .......W.......V
00a0 00 b4 08 cd 13 72 23 8a-c1 24 3f 98 8a de 8a fc .....r..........
00b0 43 f7 e3 8b d1 86 d6 b1-06 d2 ee 42 f7 e2 39 56 C..........B...V
00c0 0a 77 23 72 05 39 46 08-73 1c b8 01 02 bb 00 7c .w.r..F.s......|
00d0 8b 4e 02 8b 56 00 cd 13-73 51 4f 74 4e 32 e4 8a .N..V...sQOtN...
00e0 56 00 cd 13 eb e4 8a 56-00 60 bb aa 55 b4 41 cd V......V.`..U.A.
00f0 13 72 36 81 fb 55 aa 75-30 f6 c1 01 74 2b 61 60 .r...U.u....t.a`
0100 6a 00 6a 00 ff 76 0a ff-76 08 6a 00 68 00 7c 6a j.j..v..v.j.h.|j
0110 01 6a 10 b4 42 8b f4 cd-13 61 61 73 0e 4f 74 0b .j..B....aas.Ot.
0120 32 e4 8a 56 00 cd 13 eb-d6 61 f9 c3 49 6e 76 61 ...V.....a..Inva
0130 6c 69 64 20 70 61 72 74-69 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 61 lid.partition.ta
0140 62 6c 65 00 45 72 72 6f-72 20 6c 6f 61 64 69 6e ble.Error.loadin
0150 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 74-69 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 g.operating.syst
0160 65 6d 00 4d 69 73 73 69-6e 67 20 6f 70 65 72 61 em.Missing.opera
0170 74 69 6e 67 20 73 79 73-74 65 6d 00 00 00 00 00 ting.system.....
0180 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0190 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
01a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
01b0 00 00 00 00 00 2c 44 63-80 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 ......Dc........
01c0 01 00 de fe 3f 04 3f 00-00 00 86 39 01 00 80 00 ................
01d0 01 05 42 fe 7f c2 c5 39-01 00 3e 54 6d 00 00 00 ..B.......Tm...
01e0 41 c3 42 fe bf c8 03 8e-6e 00 86 39 40 00 00 00 A.B.....n.......
01f0 81 c9 42 fe ff ff 89 c7-ae 00 dc b2 6f 01 55 aa ..B.........o.U.
Ones that have a drive overlay on them look VERY different.
In order to view your boot sector, you will want to run the Sector
Inspector utility and dump the information to a text file:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=dd3ef22a-a586-4079-
9489-c3ea14573fc4&DisplayLang=en
- Bill Curtis [MSFT]
“This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.”
