[techtalk] Lost MBR

ktb x.y.f at home.com
Sat Feb 3 22:33:29 EST 2001


On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:16:38PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 09:44:03PM -0500, Kath wrote:
> > I had to reinstall Windows ME and lost my boot manager, so I can no longer get to Mandrake 7.2.  Is there anyway to get it back?  A rescue disk I could make or something?
> > 
> 
> Make a boot-disk for ME (control panel, add/remove programs, startup disk).
> You used to be able to do a quick "sys a:" but ME won't let you.  
> Make sure "fdisk" is on it.  Boot with the floppy and then from a dos prompt -
> fdisk /mbr
> hth,
> kent

Sorry I didn't read properly.  I though you were trying to get your
Windows back..  Do you have a bootdisk made for Mandrake?
kent

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