Missing boot sector?

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Pierre A Smith

Which one should I use:

fixboot
fixmbr

I can see the data and files on the drive when plugged in
as a secondary. But I can not boot from this drive
anymore.

Thanks
Pierre
 
Pierre A Smith said:
Which one should I use:

fixboot
fixmbr

I can see the data and files on the drive when plugged in
as a secondary. But I can not boot from this drive
anymore.

Thanks
Pierre
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fixmbr will restore the Master Boot Record.
fixboot will restore the WinXP boot sector.

You can easily make a WinXP boot floppy so that you
can boot your machine until you've solved the problem:

- Format a floppy disk on some other WinXP PC.
Don't do it on a Win9x PC - it won't work.
- Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD
to A:\
ntldr
ntdetect.com
- Create a file a:\boot.ini with these lines
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect
 
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