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Boot problems

Started by Tyler5690 , Nov 30 2006 09:39 PM

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Tyler5690

Posted 30 November 2006 - 09:39 PM

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I ruined my system with a botched linux installation. I am trying to recover my Windows partition, but I can't boot into it. I have found several articles, but I am unclear on whether I should run the command "fixboot" or "fixmbr". What should I do?

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SRX660

Posted 30 November 2006 - 11:02 PM

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Fixboot writes a new partition boot sector to the system partition. The fixboot command is only available when you are using the Recovery Console.

Fixmbr repairs the master boot record of the boot disk. Also only available when you are using the Recovery Console.

http://www.microsoft...r.mspx?mfr=true

I would be using the fixmbr command to do a repair of your "master boot record".

SRX660