Mbr error

[Russell]

Hello,

My win xp sp 3 computer hung up during a defragmentation. Upon trying to
restart, I got an MBR error. It is an old dell, but I have a sata
controller and 2 sata drives Plus the original 80 meg drive. I can boot from
the 2nd SATA drive (1yr old backup). I can not access the 1st drive to
repair the mbr. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Russell

 

[Carmel]

Hello,

My win xp sp 3 computer hung up during a defragmentation. Upon trying
to restart, I got an MBR error. It is an old dell, but I have a sata
controller and 2 sata drives Plus the original 80 meg drive. I can
boot from the 2nd SATA drive (1yr old backup). I can not access the
1st drive to repair the mbr. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Russell

# Click Start, and then Run.
# In Open, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
# Use one of the following procedures:

* To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, at the command prompt, type
chkdsk, and then press ENTER.

* To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad sectors, at
the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/f, and then press ENTER.

Note If one or more of the files on the hard disk are open, you
will receive the following message: Chkdsk cannot run because the
volume is in use by another process. Would you like to schedule this
volume to be checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) Type Y,
and then press ENTER to schedule the disk check, and then restart your
computer to start the disk check.

* To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable
information, at the command prompt, type chkdsk volume:/r, and then
press ENTER.

The last one is the best suggestion. If that does not work, you may
have to use something like SPINRITE to correct a corrupt disk.

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[Russell]

HI Carmel,

Thanks, but the disk seems to be inaccessible. My computer is booting from
what used to be d: (1) it has moved up to C: (0) and the original C: (0) is
inaccessible. I was thinking of disconnecting the 2nd drive (d. Do you
think that will then make it accessible to those commands?

Thanks

Russell

 

[Bill Blanton]

chkdsk won't fix a corrupted MBR. What was the exact error message, and
does the BIOS see the drive?

 

[db]

there is a disk command
called fixmbr

the command reinstates
the master boot record

what you will need to do
is to boot with an xp cd
and access the repair/
recovery console to
execute the command.

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[Russell]

Hello ,

Thanks to you all for trying to help. fixmbr and the other ideas wouldn't
work. I could not access the drive. I had to disconnect the other drives. It
then tried to boot to the suspect drive. The computer ran chkdsk and booted
normally. I reconnected the other drives, rebooted and voila, no more MBR 2
message. Not sure what I did but problem solved! Thanks for trying folks.
Much appreciated.

Russell