Assuming the system partition drive letter was C:\
You can start the recovery console and from a command prompt issue the
command;
fixboot C:
to repair/write the boot sector on C:\ and mark the partition as active.
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%
Or boot a win98 startup disk, run fdisk and mark the correct partition as
active.
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Help Please,
|
| I did the recommended changes to the registry as suggested in the
| article to enable 48bit LBA, went to disk management and there was the
| unused partition above the 137 GB barrier. I formatted as a primary
| partition, all was OK but it wouldn't show up in my computer. I went
| back and changed the last partition to "active" and then made it a
| logical drive. I could then see the last partition as my f: drive. I
| had no problem with the intall or build before the change.
|
| When I dropped the PC off at a friends today, it won't boot. It says
| "Error loading OS". I checked the settings in the BIOS (which I had
| not changed) and all looked OK. Still wouldn't boot. I inserted the
| Win2000 and did a repair in the second repair window and still no boot.
| Now though I am sure I have only bare Win2000 loaded and no service
| paks. So the last partition won't be read until I reinstall the
| service paks and modify the registry again.
|
| How can I get it to boot? Was making the last 24gig partition in my
| 160gig drive a logical and "active" caused the problem. How can I do a
| "fdisk" and delete the last partition and make the c: drive active. Is
| that what I need to do?
|
| Thanks
| Tom
|
