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Using fdisk /mbr in 9x/nt/2k/xp

thaibxr1@hotmail.comthaibxr1@hotmail.com Member Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
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If you have a boot sector virus are you able to use fdisk /mbr from a 98 boot disk on 9x/nt/win2000/xp systems?
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    RussSRussS Member Posts: 2,068 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Yes you can for 9x systems - for W2K and XP you use fixmbr & fixboot. This however does not always sort the problem and sometimes further work is required.
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    thaibxr1@hotmail.comthaibxr1@hotmail.com Member Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
    what about nt?

    and how would I use fixmbr? from the recovery console?
    install cd or win2000 boot disks?

    Which is the best way.

    And how should it be done on xp?

    Thanks
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    RussSRussS Member Posts: 2,068 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Not sure about NT as I have never played with it.
    For W2K and XP use the recovery disks - or in XP you can also use the install CD and select R on the first prompt. Never done that with W2K except using recovery disks or with the recovery console built in as a start option.
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    garv221garv221 Member Posts: 1,914
    Fix MBR for NT? I use to use a boot NTFS disk and mount the drives then do all the DOS commands.
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