Hey Marv, I haven't followed the thread so don't know what help you have been given. However the follwing website may help for the future:
http://www.shaneo.com/bootdisks Regards, Phil On July 18, 2004 20:02, Marv Boyes wrote: > Everything's cool. ;) > > You see, the _real_ reason I panicked is that I was certain I didn't > have a WinMe (the version, BTW-- sorry I didn't specify) boot floppy > anywhere. Or if I did, there was no telling in which cardboard box of > other woefully obsolete stuff it ended up in. > > As it turns out, there was a dusty old boot floppy in a box of diskettes > in my bottom desk drawer. Sometimes it pays to be a pack rat. > > Thanks for your help everyone. Here's hoping I don't post another > Windows-related question in here for a very long time. ;) > > Bryan Phinney wrote: > > On Sunday 18 July 2004 05:44 pm, Marv Boyes wrote: > >>Is there any hope of fixing this, so that I can boot Windows-- as > >>installed --on that drive? Or am I facing a reinstall here? Any help > >>would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. > > > > You didn't mention which version of windows you are running. > > > > WinXP, 2K, NT - Boot from the Windows CD, Choose Rescue mode and go to > > console. Type fixmbr and allow it to recreate the windows bootloader. > > Remove CD and restart. > > > > Win98, ME, and other 16 bit versions, Boot from the CD or boot floppy, > > get to a command prompt and type fdisk /mbr (IIRC) and that should > > recreate the windows boot sector on the hard drive. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > ____________________________________________________
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