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>
> "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has w2k
> >
> > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its place,
> > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > position.
> >
> > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> >
> >
>
> It depends.
>
> If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> a primary partition.
>
> If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> - Execute this command:
>    fdisk /mbr
>
> The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
>
> Another method requires you to boot the machine
> with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> Console and execute these commands
> fixboot
> fixmbr
>
> Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> does not, post again.
>
>

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ:
news:e4AalCk8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has w2k
> >
> > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its place,
> > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > position.
> >
> > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> >
> >
>
> It depends.
>
> If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> a primary partition.
>
> If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> - Execute this command:
>    fdisk /mbr
>
> The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
>
> Another method requires you to boot the machine
> with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> Console and execute these commands
> fixboot
> fixmbr
>
> Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> does not, post again.
>
>

"aa" wrote:

> fdisk /mbr did not help. Id does no send any messages - just pause for a
> second and returns the prompt - is it supposed to be like this?
> BTW an attempt to boot says that w2k could not start because of a computer
> hardware config problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check
> boot path and disk hardware. So it somehow knows that I want to load w2k
> which should mean that the boot sector is OK?
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ:
> news:e4AalCk8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has w2k
> > >
> > > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its place,
> > > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > > position.
> > >
> > > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It depends.
> >
> > If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> > an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> > product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> > a primary partition.
> >
> > If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> > - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> > - Execute this command:
> >    fdisk /mbr
> >
> > The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> > tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> > ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
> >
> > Another method requires you to boot the machine
> > with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> > Console and execute these commands
> > fixboot
> > fixmbr
> >
> > Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> > does not, post again.
> >
> >
>
>
>

"aa" wrote:

> fdisk /mbr did not help. Id does no send any messages - just pause for a
> second and returns the prompt - is it supposed to be like this?
> BTW an attempt to boot says that w2k could not start because of a computer
> hardware config problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check
> boot path and disk hardware. So it somehow knows that I want to load w2k
> which should mean that the boot sector is OK?
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ:
> news:e4AalCk8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has w2k
> > >
> > > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its place,
> > > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > > position.
> > >
> > > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It depends.
> >
> > If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> > an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> > product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> > a primary partition.
> >
> > If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> > - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> > - Execute this command:
> >    fdisk /mbr
> >
> > The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> > tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> > ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
> >
> > Another method requires you to boot the machine
> > with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> > Console and execute these commands
> > fixboot
> > fixmbr
> >
> > Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> > does not, post again.
> >
> >
>
>
>

"Reinier Verly" <Reinier Ve***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41D143AA-6EE5-47C9-AF91-DE7A3510BD6D@microsoft.com...
> I have a problem that associated to the one described it is FDISK /mbr & SYS
:C
> related.
> I have a 150 G HD, a thing FAT can' t recognise as being so it recognises it
> as barely 20 MB.
> I had to install MS XP first on it because it only could be installed as
> being NTFS.
> It all worked fine, all my important DOC 's are on it right now.
> Because I had to use an older MS Windows 98 version program I did install it
> on a second HD (10 G ), no problem what so ever. Of course it worked fine
to.
> But multi boot was preferable and I went for it. Intending not to disturb
> the NTFS HD
> I did install on the FAT HD NT 4, which does recognises and in the beginning
> did recognise the 150 G HD. I planned to install MS XP on the 10G HD, but
> encountered
> problems?
> And now the problem started, I had to use my old Win 98 Boot disk to have
> the MBR of the 10 G HD cleaned, meanwhile the 150 G HD was connected as
> second master. I also performed a SYS :C on the 10 G HD. It looked fine and
> installed easily
> MS XP. While checking after the installation how everything was seen on "MY
> COMPUTER" I saw both HD, but the 150 G HD wasn't seen anymore as being NTFS
> and can 't therefore be red. I checked as much as my knowledge goes but
> found no solution.
> I really need to find a way to reuse the 150 GHD without loosing all my
data.
> I guess that FDISK /mbr & SYS :C  worked fine on the 10 G HD and possibly
> also on the 150 G HD..
> I badlly need a way to rescue my NTFS HD with its contents, does a NTFS
> tools exists to do this job??
>
> Reinier Verly
>
>
> "aa" wrote:
>
> > fdisk /mbr did not help. Id does no send any messages - just pause for a
> > second and returns the prompt - is it supposed to be like this?
> > BTW an attempt to boot says that w2k could not start because of a computer
> > hardware config problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check
> > boot path and disk hardware. So it somehow knows that I want to load w2k
> > which should mean that the boot sector is OK?
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ:
> > news:e4AalCk8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > > >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has
w2k
> > > >
> > > > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its
place,
> > > > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > > > position.
> > > >
> > > > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > It depends.
> > >
> > > If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> > > an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> > > product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> > > a primary partition.
> > >
> > > If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> > > - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> > > - Execute this command:
> > >    fdisk /mbr
> > >
> > > The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> > > tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> > > ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
> > >
> > > Another method requires you to boot the machine
> > > with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> > > Console and execute these commands
> > > fixboot
> > > fixmbr
> > >
> > > Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> > > does not, post again.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

"Reinier Verly" <Reinier Ve***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41D143AA-6EE5-47C9-AF91-DE7A3510BD6D@microsoft.com...
> I have a problem that associated to the one described it is FDISK /mbr & SYS
:C
> related.
> I have a 150 G HD, a thing FAT can' t recognise as being so it recognises it
> as barely 20 MB.
> I had to install MS XP first on it because it only could be installed as
> being NTFS.
> It all worked fine, all my important DOC 's are on it right now.
> Because I had to use an older MS Windows 98 version program I did install it
> on a second HD (10 G ), no problem what so ever. Of course it worked fine
to.
> But multi boot was preferable and I went for it. Intending not to disturb
> the NTFS HD
> I did install on the FAT HD NT 4, which does recognises and in the beginning
> did recognise the 150 G HD. I planned to install MS XP on the 10G HD, but
> encountered
> problems?
> And now the problem started, I had to use my old Win 98 Boot disk to have
> the MBR of the 10 G HD cleaned, meanwhile the 150 G HD was connected as
> second master. I also performed a SYS :C on the 10 G HD. It looked fine and
> installed easily
> MS XP. While checking after the installation how everything was seen on "MY
> COMPUTER" I saw both HD, but the 150 G HD wasn't seen anymore as being NTFS
> and can 't therefore be red. I checked as much as my knowledge goes but
> found no solution.
> I really need to find a way to reuse the 150 GHD without loosing all my
data.
> I guess that FDISK /mbr & SYS :C  worked fine on the 10 G HD and possibly
> also on the 150 G HD..
> I badlly need a way to rescue my NTFS HD with its contents, does a NTFS
> tools exists to do this job??
>
> Reinier Verly
>
>
> "aa" wrote:
>
> > fdisk /mbr did not help. Id does no send any messages - just pause for a
> > second and returns the prompt - is it supposed to be like this?
> > BTW an attempt to boot says that w2k could not start because of a computer
> > hardware config problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check
> > boot path and disk hardware. So it somehow knows that I want to load w2k
> > which should mean that the boot sector is OK?
> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.***@fly.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ:
> > news:e4AalCk8HHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > >
> > > "aa" <a*@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:eW9Nzzh8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > > >I have two harddrives on my PC, teh Primary has XP and the Slave has
w2k
> > > >
> > > > The Primary HD crushed, I took it out and moved the Slave in its
place,
> > > > while seting the jamper on the Slave into "Master or single drive"
> > > > position.
> > > >
> > > > Now how do I make this HD bootable?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > It depends.
> > >
> > > If the partition on the slave disk is a logical drive inside
> > > an extended partition then you have to use a third-party
> > > product such as Acronis to convert the logical drive into
> > > a primary partition.
> > >
> > > If it is already a primary partition then you can do this:
> > > - Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk (www.bootdisk.com)
> > > - Execute this command:
> > >    fdisk /mbr
> > >
> > > The command will restore your MBR. If someone
> > > tells you that this won't work for NTFS partitions,
> > > ignore them. The MBR is not part of the file system.
> > >
> > > Another method requires you to boot the machine
> > > with your Win2000 boot CD, go into the Recovery
> > > Console and execute these commands
> > > fixboot
> > > fixmbr
> > >
> > > Your machine may or may not boot after this. If it
> > > does not, post again.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >