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10th March 2011, 02:51 AM
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| There can be only one!!  Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas
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| XP MBR Error So, my question is - is there a way to run the 'fixmbr' command while Windows XP is running? I ask b/c I don't know that my system boots into a recovery mode... or that I have the right disc to make it do so. I have the Recovery disks that I made when I first bought the machine, but don't know if that will let me get to a place to run the 'fixmbr' command. Anyone know if it does? Or if I can run the fix while 'inside' Windows? Yes... stupid machine went 'oh noes! there is a boot record error! fail!' and I've restored to factory settings... omg so so annoying... but it still has that error. *sigh* ** is lucky all pertinent data is stored on an external ** |
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10th March 2011, 05:39 AM
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| The Immortal Prince  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Australia, Victoria
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| Re: XP MBR Error Quote:
Master Boot Record - How To Repair the Master Boot Record In Windows XP - Fixmbr Running in DOS (Command Prompt) http://www.computerhope.com/fixmbr.htm | |
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10th March 2011, 10:09 PM
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| Re: XP MBR Error Yeah - I looked at that first one, but my recovery console doesn't come up that way. I don't have the options that they display... I have the option to 'restore' (factory settings) or something else, that I don't remember... but nothing as far as getting to a DOS prompt to enter the 'fixmbr' command. The 2nd link is little help b/c it assumes that you have the XP installation CD - which I don't. I have the recovery disks that I made when I got the machine, but that does the same as the recovery console. |
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14th March 2011, 11:58 PM
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| Re: XP MBR Error Okay, so, turns out that the MBR error was a result of the machine making grand attempts to boot off the graphics card in the PCI slot. No, I have no idea how that happened, only that my sister's friend had to poke the BIOS to fix it. However, I now have a NEW problem - I can't use the graphics card for its intended purpose B/C the machine tries to boot from it if I restart the machine. Anyone know how to solve that one? The graphics card works... but I don't know how to keep the machine from trying to boot the mini-harddrive on the card rather than the main harddrive on the machine. |
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16th March 2011, 12:33 AM
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| Re: XP MBR Error Yeah - that's what my sis's friend did. However - as it turns out, that's not the actual problem. B/c I removed the graphics card and it's *still* giving me the MBR error. So, I think imma take it to some Tech guys who will clean it up and make it all shiny again... =) Or - as shiny as a 7y/o PC can be. |
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29th March 2011, 03:25 AM
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| There can be only one!! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas
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| Re: XP MBR Error Well, by process of elimination (having not restarted it since coming to this potential conclusion) - I believe the MBR error is coming from the xternal harddrive... no idea why the thing is trying to boot off the external - i never changed anything in the BIOS to *tell* it to do that, but it obviously got that idea in it's head somewhere... tech-guy played with the BIOS and it may be reset correctly now - though, not sure since I didn't have the xHD w/ me at the time, so we'll have to see when I reboot later. |
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