[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

Robyn Manning rmanning at adam.com.au
Wed Aug 13 11:47:20 EST 2003 

There may be a demo or template one on the cd otherwise I can send you
one. There was one written out for you in a previous email.

You need to do something about those unreadable characters, until you do
those file/directories are unreadable. Is the c:\windows directory there
and readable also the c:\Program Files directory. Can you put a
directory listing in an email. I think the command is 

dir > dir.txt

then dir.txt should have the directory listing in it, copy it to a
floppy and paste it into an email.

hth

Robyn

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 08:17, - - wrote:
> Thanks Robyn.
>  
> Is boot.ini in the XP boot CD as well? 
>  
> Yes, the unreadable characters are thoese where file/directory names should be.  :<
>  
> 
> Robyn Manning <rmanning at adam.com.au> wrote: 
> Hi
> 
> The boot.ini file is created when XP is installed and it is put in c:\>
> (or where ever you put XP d:\> ).
> 
> The unreadable characters don't sound good. Are these where filenames
> should be? You could try the command
> 
> attrib *.*
> 
> and see if you see boot.ini on the list. Can you run scandisk or Norton
> Disk Doctor was ndd.exe !!these both need to be XP versions !!.
> 
> Robyn
> 
> On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 19:58, - - wrote:
> > Thanks Jacqueline.
> > 
> > No, event I ticked the view hidden file/dir (in
> > another pc), I still can't see the boot.ini in my XP
> > boot CD.
> > 
> > And I tried to use 'dir' in Recovery Console. Can't
> > see it too.
> > 
> > I also tried
> > 
> > c:\>bootcfg /list
> > 
> > but I got the message saying "there are currently no
> > boot entries available to display".
> > 
> > When I did 
> > 
> > c:\>dir
> > 
> > I saw some unreadable charaters, except the ones I
> > copied into (ntldr and ntdetect.com). Is this the
> > reason caused the problem?
> > 
> > Thanks very much
> > 
> > MQA
> > 
> > --- Jacqueline wrote:
> > > Hi MQA,
> > > the boot.ini is a hidden, read only protected system
> > > file in the root of
> > > your primary active partition (normally c:\). You'll
> > > need to modify your
> > > folder options to get to see those (in Windows
> > > Explorer -> Tools -> Folder
> > > Options -> View ).
> > > 
> > > It is something like this:
> > > [boot loader]
> > > timeout=30
> > > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
> > > [operating systems]
> > >
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft
> > > Windows XP
> > > Professional" /fastdetect
> > > 
> > > And the "rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS" means: XP
> > > boots from the first
> > > partition on the first harddisk (in Linux it would
> > > be 'hda')
> > > 
> > > If you need any more help please let me know!
> > > 
> > > Regards, Jacqueline
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "- -" 
> > > To: 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:50 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Thanks Jacqueline.
> > > >
> > > > I can't find the 'boot.ini' from my XP boot CD.
> > > Could you tell me the
> > > path? (I copied ntldr from /i386)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks very much.
> > > >
> > > > MQA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jacqueline wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > > there is a file in XP that's called "boot.ini". It
> > > should contain the path
> > > > to ntldr and it is read by the system during
> > > startup. Maybe you could post
> > > > the contents of your boot.ini? I could make soms
> > > suggestions.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Jacqueline
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "- -"
> > > > To:
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:48 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Thanks Hans.
> > > > >
> > > > > I did overwrite the boot sector by using
> > > > >
> > > > > fixboot
> > > > > fixmbr
> > > > >
> > > > > in the XP Revovery Console, and reinstall the
> > > GRUB to
> > > > > MBR by reinstalling the whole RH9. I can boot
> > > into RH.
> > > > > However, if I select to boot XP, I got the
> > > message:
> > > > >
> > > > > NTLDR is missing.
> > > > >
> > > > > I copied the NTLDR and NTDETECT on the c:\ from
> > > the XP
> > > > > boot CD, still got the same message saying
> > > 'NTLDR is
> > > > > missing'.
> > > > >
> > > > > When I install the Linux, I saw the file system
> > > in XP
> > > > > partition was 'vfat'. In pamagic it shows 'fat'.
> > > - it
> > > > > was 'ntfs'.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any one has any idea about this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks very much
> > > > >
> > > > > MQA
> > > > >
> > > > > > > > Booting "WinXP"
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > > > > > > > chainloader +1
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > GRUB loading stage2...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Boot from your XP rescue disks and rewrite
> > > the
> > > > > > boot sector from there.
> > > > > > > I'm not sure but I believe it's also
> > > possible to
> > > > > > boot from the XP
> > > > > > > install CD and do a rescue from there. Sadly
> > > I
> > > > > > can't confirm it for you.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...oh, and after that you'll have to reinstall
> > > GRUB
> > > > > > to the MBR of your
> > > > > > first disk since the XP rescue process most
> > > likely
> > > > > > will overwrite both
> > > > > > the boot sector of the XP partition and the
> > > MBR.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hans
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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