MasterBootRecord problem

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Cunubelin

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An annoying problem to say the least...
When I try to boot from the harddrive with the MBR fault it simply says "01 01 01". It fills the screen and keeps on filling it.

So, is there a way to recover a busted MBR?

Before you ask; No, my dumb self have NOT created any rescuedisk... :/
 
Hadmar

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Boot of the W2k/XP CD and select repair. The two console commands that might help are fixmbr and fixboot.
 
Derelan

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before you run fixmbr and fixboot, notice that it says "the identified partition type is:". If what it says after that is not what your partition type is (IE: FAT32 instead of NTFS), then don't under any circumstances use it. It will only make things worse.

010101 sounds like an MBR virus, put the drive in another computer and scan it with Norton AntiVirus, it might find the MBR virus.
 
Cunubelin

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Thanks for the help.
I ran NortonAV 2K3 pro on the faulty harddrive and it came up clean. No virus found.
Also, ahem, I forgot to say I'm running Win98SE...

I read somewhere that you could use fdisk/mbr to make the harddrive bootable again. What happens to the info on the harddrive when you do that?
I mean, fdisk will wipe your drive clean.
I'll go google now for an answer! :)
 
Derelan

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fdisk does not erase data, but it can make it seem like it was erased. Fdisk only writes to the partition table, which is recoverable. Unfortunately, I only have experience with this type of problem in NTFS drives, and you must be using FAT32, so I don't know how much I can help you. But if you would like some handy recovery programs, send me a PM.
 
Cunubelin

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Problem solved!
I'm a happy camper now, no, not THAT kind of camper! ;)
After backing up crucial files I challenged whatever gods there are and used the "fdisk /MBR" command. Worked like magic!

Thanks for helping me out!
 
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