Windows install failure

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Steve Gould

I am trying to recover a failed server. On installation Windows 2000 server
installs the files in C:\Winnt as it should. When it reboots it gives an
error: "can't open boot sector to check signature". These are the old disks.
I used the Windows installer to delete the partition and repartition and
format the drives. I got the same error before I formatted the drives too. I
booted into the repair console and tried fixboot and fixmbr.

Anyone know what to do next?
 
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Colon Terminus

Steve Gould said:
I am trying to recover a failed server. On installation Windows 2000 server
installs the files in C:\Winnt as it should. When it reboots it gives an
error: "can't open boot sector to check signature". These are the old disks.
I used the Windows installer to delete the partition and repartition and
format the drives. I got the same error before I formatted the drives too. I
booted into the repair console and tried fixboot and fixmbr.

Anyone know what to do next?
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Are you certain that the C: partition is set to "Active"?
 

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