[ltp] how to restore original MBR and partition table

[Kelvin KAN]

Ooops sorry, overlooked you've tried the XP CD already!

Might be your XP didn't have SP2 which recognize the SATA drive in T60.

Try get a newer XP CD.

-
kelvin.

Kelvin KAN wrote:

> If you have a Windows XP CDROM disc, you may boot from it,
>
> and enter "rescue" shell, and then type the command:
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> fixmbr
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> (or even fixboot)
>
> Any XP CDROM could do, need not be the one with the Prod Key of your T60.
>
> cheers,
> -
> kelvin.
>
>
>
> Joe Zien wrote:
>
>> I have a new IBM Thinkpad T60 Widescreen laptop that I dual boot
>> with XP and Linux, it worked great booting XP or linux.
>> I installed grub, the linux boot loader, in the MBR.
>> Before I repartitioned the hard drive to install linux,
>> I used the linux command "dd" to backup the MBR.
>>
>> I belong to a computer club that is 98% windows users and wanted to
>> install linux on the club's laptop and to re-install the
>> MBR as originally configured using "dd" but that corrupted the 
>> partition table,
>>
>> I did not get a cd-rom for the Thinkpad with XP, there is a rescue 
>> and restore partition
>> on the hard drive that allows you to restore XP to factory condition
>> but that wipes out your whole hard drive including all my linux 
>> partitions.
>> I just want to restore the XP partition table and MBR.
>> Is that possible without wiping out the whole drive?
>>
>> Using an XP cd-rom that I got for my tower, I tried to use the restore
>> function "fixboot" and "fixmbr" but I got error that it couldn't find 
>> the
>> c:\ drive.
>>
>> Now all I can use is linux, no great loss because I use mostly linux
>> but I still want to use XP  for some programs that are not available
>> for linux.
>>
>> The main question is can you restore the original partition table
>> and MBR without re-installing XP from the rescue and restore
>> function on the Thinkpad?
>>
>> All the files and programs in XP are still on the computer,
>> although the rescue cd can't find the c:\ drive.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Joseph Zieniewicz (jozien)
>> jozien@comcast.net
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