Re: [Clonezilla-live] Subject: Re: "error loading operating system" xp, drive close to dead

[Steven S. <st...@nc...>]

Dan,
Maybe you can try to boot the machine with MS Windows XP installation
CD, enter recovery mode (by pressing F10 key in MS XP, for example),
then in the console, run "fixmbr" to fix it. Maybe another command
"fixboot" will help, too. For more info, refer to
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B314058&x=7&y=14"

Steven.

Dan Carl wrote:
> <snip>
>   
>> my friends were happy,
>> i don't know whether xp-installation-cdrom has a repair option,
>> but i assume it does, you could try the same
>>
>>     
> Yes it does. I tried that already, the problem doesn't seem to be with the
> Windows install.
> Its somewhere before maybe boot loader or MBR:(
>
> Dan
>
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