Master boot record error

[Guest]

I recieve a Master Boot Record Error.press any key when i restart my computer
I am running windows XP home edition. Nortons and Hp cant seem to help
any suggestions out there?
thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I recieve a Master Boot Record Error.press any key when i restart my computer
I am running windows XP home edition. Nortons and Hp cant seem to help
any suggestions out there?
thanks

You can restore the MBR like so:
- Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Type this command:
fdisk /mbr

 

[Timothy Daniels]

You can restore the MBR like so:
- Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Type this command:
fdisk /mbr

How about loading the WinXP installation CD and starting
up the Recovery Console to run "fixmbr"? Remember, the OP
can't download because he gets an MBR error message on
startup.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

How about loading the WinXP installation CD and starting
up the Recovery Console to run "fixmbr"? Remember, the OP
can't download because he gets an MBR error message on
startup.

*TimDaniels*

Your method works perfectly well too. I often recommend
the Win98 boot disk method because so many posters don't
have a WinXP CD, or if they do they can't find it.

 

[Jonny]

Your method works perfectly well too. I often recommend
the Win98 boot disk method because so many posters don't
have a WinXP CD, or if they do they can't find it.

Believe Tim's suggestion is the only one that works with NTFS. Win98's
startup disk uses fdisk, only good for FAT/FAT32.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Believe Tim's suggestion is the only one that works with NTFS. Win98's
startup disk uses fdisk, only good for FAT/FAT32.

Not at all - fdisk /mbr will work on disk with NTFS
partitions, because the MBR is neither FAT nor NTFS.
I recommend you try it for yourself!

 

[Steve N.]

Believe Tim's suggestion is the only one that works with NTFS. Win98's
startup disk uses fdisk, only good for FAT/FAT32.

The MBR is not part of the file system, so it doesn't matter.

http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm

http://www.dewassoc.com/kbase/hard_drives/master_boot_record.htm

Steve N.

 

[Mike]

Boot from XP cd and not the Recovery Console

The inital screen will display a " R " for repair. Select this

This will bring you to a cmd prompt.

It will prompt you for which version do you want to use. Usually this is the
number 1

It will prompt you for a password. This is the "Administrative" password.
Not your account password. If you have never assigned one, just hit the
enter key.

You will be at the commamd prompt.

From there type the word - help

It will then display all of the command options for you

There will be a couple of options for the MBR. Determine which is best by
selecting one followed by /? at the end of the command for options.

There will also have a "Chkddsk" options. Type chkdsk /? to see a list of
chkdsk options. I would run this command first. It could correct the
problem.

Hope this helps ...