[Techtalk] RE: MBR & XP

[- -]

Hi,

I can find the scandisk after booting up the pc with
the XP CD. Also the redirection 

dir > dir.txt 

and the 

attrib *.* 

don't work. 

Is there any other thing I can try? I really really
don't want to reformat my hard disk.

Thanks heaps

MQA


--- - - <mqa2d at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Robyn.
>  
> No, I can't read anything except the ones I copied
> across (ntldr & ntdetect).
>  
> There is no flopy driver with my notebook. I could
> use usb memory key when the XP was working, however,
> after booting the notebook up using XP boot CD and
> put the usb memory key in, the notebook hangs... 
>  
>  
> Robyn Manning <rmanning at adam.com.au> wrote:
> 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 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'.
> 
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