Hello Group On Friday, April 8, 2005, 9:40:04 AM, Tony wrote:
> Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED], > A reminder of what [EMAIL PROTECTED] on TBUDL typed on: > 08 April 2005 at 10:16:00 GMT +0200 zzc>> I don't know this command at all. Is this available in the DOS mode in zzc>> WinXP-Home? And does the fixmbr works on JUST one particular drive at zzc>> a time? Or the root of the physical disk? I just want to make sure zzc>> that if fixmbr does work, that it doesn't mess up my other partitions. > It is a dos command and you need to boot direct into dos. It will fix a > trashed boot block on your main bootable drive ie c:\. > You did ask about it in your original post but I doubt it'll help fix your > L partition. It "shouldn't" hurt anything if you try it but don't take my > word for it. I think there may be a little confusion here. The original command Tony enquired about was the DOS fdisk /mbr which re-writes the Master Boot Record, and you would need to boot from a DOS floppy or CD to use it. The other command - fixmbr - is available from the XP recovery console (I don't know if this is available in XP Home) but effectively does the same job, i.e. re-writes the Master Boot Record. I believe the MBR is a short piece of code pointing to the OS the PC is to boot from. In any event I don't think it will fix Tony's problem. I have used it a couple of times, usually after playing with Linux as it seems to be the only way to blow LILO away. It is also useful after using a boot menu manager such as System Commander when you need to uninstall it. -- Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK :Jeff_Gaines: ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
