Re: boot up problem

On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:15:23 -0500, B r ia n
<brianasselin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If I boot to windows setup cd, and run recovery console, and run
fixmbr I get the following:

***Caution***
This computer appears to have a non-standard or invalid master boot
record

fixmbr may damage your partition tables

if you are not having problems accessing your drive do not continue
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I guess not booting up might be trouble accessing my drive?

I can access it via the active partition recovery software.

Should I try other stuff before running this?

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Relevant Pages

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