MBR

Henry17 · #1 10-17-2007, 03:49 PM

Other then Recovery Console is there any other way to fix the MBR?

erbbysam · #2 10-17-2007, 03:51 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_...toring_the_MBR
try this:
http://www.mbrwizard.com/ (freeware, but never tried before)

Henry17 · #3 10-17-2007, 05:00 PM

MBR Wizard seems to only allow me to restore or backup a MBR. I think I need to create one. When I formatted and installed the o/s everything worked fine except there is no MBR so I need to kickstart the computer using a SD card.

nuclear500 · #4 10-17-2007, 05:07 PM

Reinstall [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Witzo · #5 10-17-2007, 05:07 PM

cant you just fdisk MBR with a Win98 boot disk? it shouldn't damage your MBR if theres nothing wrong with it and if there is it should fix your problems. Should work on Win98-Vista.
If you don't have a 3.5 drive you should be able to use a flash drive to do the same, though I've never tried it myself.

Henry17 · #6 10-17-2007, 05:14 PM

I was going to try FDISK but the computer has no floppy and wasn't sure if FDISK still worked for XP.

When I tried to google for information FDISK was always used for Win98 and recovery console for XP.

I'll buy a USB floppy drive tomorrow and try it.

Witzo · #7 10-17-2007, 08:27 PM

you might be able to download the recovery disk onto a flash drive and just change the boot sequence in bios to boot to the usb drive first. Depends on your Main Board settings but might save you from buying a drive that you really don't need.

JimMiller · #8 10-18-2007, 05:44 AM

Have you tried the /Repair=1 option in MBRwizard? It looks like this repairs/creates a WinXP MBR. You may have to use the /ignore switch to ignore any warnings due to no existing MBR.

Henry17 · #9 10-18-2007, 08:43 AM

I get Invalid Switch.

When I type in MBRWiz the list of options doesn't include a repair.

Henry17 · #10 10-18-2007, 11:03 AM

Ok this problem is fixed. I don't know what did it. I just realized that the computer boots fine now without the SD Card.

Thanks for the help.

Now I just can't connect to the internet [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. Actually according to my computer I'm connected to my router I just can't so anything. Internet is fine for wired computers and I've turned off the software firewall so that isn't it. Any ideas?