I'd grab an OpenBSD boot disk and use it to blow away the partition table and repartion it, then go back and redo it with XP.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Jameson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 7:03 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: After Thinkpad ghost, XP does not boot - A Disk > Read Error Oc curred > > > After 3 long grueling hours with MS, another with IBM - no luck. This > drive part is hosed somehow where it boots fine with a floppy, not on > the drive. VERY VERY ODD!!! I have narrowed it down to what happens > after a post, to talk to the MBR to tell it to go to > partition 1 ntldr. > > Somewhere, it is not working with the MBR and I have done all > mbr fixes > out there - even gdisk from symantec. I am now wiping the MBR with > zeros, starting over. > > Get this...even a fresh install of XP to a new folder failed > to boot off > the drive. How bizarre is that!!!! I always get the bad ones. I was > hoping to get a tech from IBM or MS that they just feed well > in a corner > and they spit out problem like candy. Tell me to enter debug and code > the MBR manually to boot right is what I wanted. > > Now I must waste about 8 more hours to setup this client PC from > scratch. This has left a bitter taste regarding any company that puts > those stinken hidden partitions in there. Next time we sell > laptops, I > am wiping them clean and reinstalling. > > Ron > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Woods, Tony > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:11 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: After Thinkpad ghost, XP does not boot - A Disk > Read Error > Oc curred > > > > What about running GDISK or DELPART to kill everything before > you ghost. > Been awhile since I was creating XP images but do you need > this service > partition? > > Cheers, > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Jameson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 5:58 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: After Thinkpad ghost, XP does not boot - A Disk Read Error > Occurred > > > I am at wits ends here - wish someone had a program that > cures all boot > problems. Grr. > > IBM Thinkpad with that annoying service partition they use running XP > Pro. Ghosted drive to image, then image to new drive - same > size, model > etc. Now at reboot error says > > A disk read error occurred > Press ctrl-alt-del to restart > > All the data is there, I can boot into sysinternals ERD and see all, > chkdsk /r etc. > > Booted from the XP 6 floppies (MS bug on CD does not get you passed > console admin password login) to run fixboot. Nothing. > > Tried again then fixmbr. Nothing. > > Ntldr & ntdetect are there. No errors on disk. > > I even went thru XP install past the F8 agreement and R for > repair...is > copies system files over. Nothing. > > Before I call IBM, does anyone have a clue why all appear there, > fixboot, fixmbr, chkdsk are doing nothing, XP repairs are > doing nothing. > After 8 hrs of messing with this, my only hope is to install XP over > this, keeping the data but having to reinstall ALL programs for the > client. PITA. > > HELP!!! > > Regards, > > Ron Jameson > Hamlin Technologies > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&tex t_mode=&la ng=e nglish To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&la ng=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=e nglish To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=nt2000&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
