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Broken mbr

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-09 14:09

So in fucking around like a n00b with grub / System Commander I have managed to make windows 2k unbootable. Just goes from System Commander to grub and back.

What im asking is, anyway to reinstall 2k boot manager from the install disk?

Or perhaps "fdisk /mbr" followed by the reinstallation of grub would help?

Name: J3ph42 2006-05-09 14:39

Try it. Although, if the ONLY thing you messed with was the bootloader, that should not be enough to make windows unbooteable. Can you still access windows files in Linux? (I assume linux if using GRUB)

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-09 16:03

>>2

Yep, I can still access files fine, its just the bootloader thats fucked up.

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-09 21:18

copy the file "ntldr" from the i386 folder in the install disk to the boot partition.

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-09 22:23

I still have an ntldr on the boot partition which hasnt been modified since last august, the fuck ups only started yesterday.

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-10 3:11

This is why I keep backups of my partition table.

Name: Anonymous 2006-05-10 7:16

Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM to enter the recovery console and try the command FIXMBR (see HELP FIXMBR in the recovery console). Alternatively, check Hiren's Boot CD out for some tool to do this.

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