FDISK Equivalent To Fix Master Boot Record on Volumes In W..

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In the old days (Windows 95/98) I could make a boot
floppy disk with utilities such as FDISK, SCANDISK, SYS,
etc., which would allow me to boot from the floppy and do
a number of volume repair functions.

The main example would be running FDISK /MBR to fix a
corrupted master boot record on a hard drive volume.

What is the equivalent in Windows XP??

Many Thanks

 

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"The_AntiArt" <The_AntiArt@Hoaxland.net> wrote in message
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> In the old days (Windows 95/98) I could make a boot
> floppy disk with utilities such as FDISK, SCANDISK, SYS,
> etc., which would allow me to boot from the floppy and do
> a number of volume repair functions.
>
> The main example would be running FDISK /MBR to fix a
> corrupted master boot record on a hard drive volume.
>
> What is the equivalent in Windows XP??
>
> Many Thanks

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx

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Go to dos and initiate


"The_AntiArt" <The_AntiArt@Hoaxland.net> wrote in message
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> In the old days (Windows 95/98) I could make a boot
> floppy disk with utilities such as FDISK, SCANDISK, SYS,
> etc., which would allow me to boot from the floppy and do
> a number of volume repair functions.
>
> The main example would be running FDISK /MBR to fix a
> corrupted master boot record on a hard drive volume.
>
> What is the equivalent in Windows XP??
>
> Many Thanks

 

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On Tue, 18 May 2004 17:53:19 -0400, The_AntiArt
<The_AntiArt@Hoaxland.net> wrote:

Many Thanks to all.

 

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"The_AntiArt" <The_AntiArt@Hoaxland.net> wrote in message
news:6d1la0tuuntksoj00a32pt5bnfbln09ani@4ax.com...
> In the old days (Windows 95/98) I could make a boot
> floppy disk with utilities such as FDISK, SCANDISK, SYS,
> etc., which would allow me to boot from the floppy and do
> a number of volume repair functions.
>
> The main example would be running FDISK /MBR to fix a
> corrupted master boot record on a hard drive volume.
>
> What is the equivalent in Windows XP??

You will want to boot with the Dell Operating System CD (Windows XP CD)
and that will allow you to get to a "maintenance" prompt with ALMOST all the
utilities you need to fix the system.

moncho

 

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The_AntiArt wrote
> corrupted master boot record on a hard drive volume.
> What is the equivalent in Windows XP??

see the following KB articles on support.microsoft.com

311073, 308041, 300415