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Richard
I just installed XP Pro (from an upgrade disk) onto a new
HD (my old system failed). It installed fine, activated
ok, everything seems normal, but it won't boot off the
disk, I can only get the system to boot if the XP CD is
installed in the CD drive so it can find the boot
record. I have reactivated the disk and rewritten the
boot sector using the recovery console to no avail. I am
very hesitant to rewrite the MBR since XP tells you doing
so may make the system unusabe, meaning I would have to
reinstall XP again, and go through the activation process
again, and risk Microsoft refusing to activate due to too
many times. Help!!!
Richard
HD (my old system failed). It installed fine, activated
ok, everything seems normal, but it won't boot off the
disk, I can only get the system to boot if the XP CD is
installed in the CD drive so it can find the boot
record. I have reactivated the disk and rewritten the
boot sector using the recovery console to no avail. I am
very hesitant to rewrite the MBR since XP tells you doing
so may make the system unusabe, meaning I would have to
reinstall XP again, and go through the activation process
again, and risk Microsoft refusing to activate due to too
many times. Help!!!
Richard