Repairing The Boot Sector
Last Updated: 06 May 2004
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*** PLEASE NOTE: Link(s), If Provided, May Be Wrapped ***
This info is already part of the Dual Boot documentation,
but since the question comes up often enough...
If you have a dual-boot system (Win9x/ME and NT/2000/XP)
and you rebuild the Win9x/ME partition, you will find
yourself unable to boot into NT/2000/XP.
Here's what you need to do to repair this situation:
WINDOWS NT
1. Boot from the NT CD
2. Choose "Repair"
3. Select "Inspect Boot Sector"
4. Reboot
WINDOWS 2000/XP/2003
1. Boot from the 2000/XP CD
2. Choose "Emergency Repair Console"
3. Logon to your installation in CLI mode
4. Use FIXMBR at the prompt
5. Reboot (by typing EXIT)
WHITEPAPERS & TECH DOCUMENTS
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=307654
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=229716
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=216417
• http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=266745
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ADDITIONAL SEARCH OPTIONS (MS KB)
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/
• http://www.microsoft.com/
EXACT PHRASE ........... "Recovery Console"
ALL WORDS .............. "Dual-Boot"
ALL WORDS .............. "FIXMBR"
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PERSONAL NOTES
• You can also use the FIXMBR option in the Recovery
Console in Win2K/XP/2003
• For maximum effect, Win9x/ME and NT/2000 should be
installed on different partitions, which eliminates
operating issues, and greatly simplifies the removal
process.
RELATED TOPICS (ALSO IN THIS ARCHIVE)
• http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=BootMgr.TXT
• http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=BootFix.TXT
• http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=BootINI.TXT
• http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=MultiOS.TXT
• http://KB.UltraTech-llc.com/?File=RepairNT.TXT
