Guest psalm19 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I used System Commander to move free disk space from the d partition to the c partition. All seemed to go well except upon reboot the system goes through post and then just hangs...no errors just hangs...odd I know. I can get it to boot back into the OS if I boot from the System Commander CD and select "install generic MBR" from the available options. The system is then able to find the MBR and all is well. I contacted System Commander support and they didn't offer any useful help. I also ran "fix mbr" from the Win2003 CD which didn't fix the issue either. Got any ideas on how I can permanetly fix this issue without needing to reinstall?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Re: Boot issue "psalm19" <psalm19@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AADB7A80-651B-4C11-86C2-6251EC742166@microsoft.com... >I used System Commander to move free disk space from the d partition to the >c > partition. All seemed to go well except upon reboot the system goes > through > post and then just hangs...no errors just hangs...odd I know. > > I can get it to boot back into the OS if I boot from the System Commander > CD > and select "install generic MBR" from the available options. The system is > then able to find the MBR and all is well. I contacted System Commander > support and they didn't offer any useful help. I also ran "fix mbr" from > the > Win2003 CD which didn't fix the issue either. > > Got any ideas on how I can permanetly fix this issue without needing to > reinstall? You cannot "move" free space from the second to the first partition. What you actually did was to do two things: a) You moved a number of files/folders from the start of the second partition to a vacant area on the same partition. b) You rewrote the partition tables for the two partitions. Step a) is a low-risk step. However, lots of things can go wrong with Step b). Whether the damage can be fixed remains to be seen. I would do this as a first and non-destructive step: - Boot into Windows, using your System Commander CD. - Format a floppy disk with Explorer. - Copy the following hidden files from C:\ to A:\ - * ntldr * ntdetect.com * boot.ini - Set the BIOS so that it uses your FDD as its first boot device. - Reboot the server from the boot diskette you just made. If this machine does not have a floppy disk drive then you must create the boot diskette on a machine that does have such a drive, then burn a bootable CD based on this diskette so that you can boot up your server with the bootable CD. The next step depends on what happens with this boot diskette.
Guest psalm19 Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Boot issue Thanks for the help. I created a floppy per your instructions and attempted to boot from the floppy and all I get is a flashing cursor in the top left corner of the screen. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "psalm19" <psalm19@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AADB7A80-651B-4C11-86C2-6251EC742166@microsoft.com... > >I used System Commander to move free disk space from the d partition to the > >c > > partition. All seemed to go well except upon reboot the system goes > > through > > post and then just hangs...no errors just hangs...odd I know. > > > > I can get it to boot back into the OS if I boot from the System Commander > > CD > > and select "install generic MBR" from the available options. The system is > > then able to find the MBR and all is well. I contacted System Commander > > support and they didn't offer any useful help. I also ran "fix mbr" from > > the > > Win2003 CD which didn't fix the issue either. > > > > Got any ideas on how I can permanetly fix this issue without needing to > > reinstall? > > You cannot "move" free space from the second to the first partition. What > you actually did was to do two things: > a) You moved a number of files/folders from the start of the second > partition to a vacant area on the same partition. > b) You rewrote the partition tables for the two partitions. > > Step a) is a low-risk step. However, lots of things can go wrong with Step > b). Whether the damage can be fixed remains to be seen. I would do this as a > first and non-destructive step: > - Boot into Windows, using your System Commander CD. > - Format a floppy disk with Explorer. > - Copy the following hidden files from C:\ to A:\ - > * ntldr > * ntdetect.com > * boot.ini > - Set the BIOS so that it uses your FDD as its first boot device. > - Reboot the server from the boot diskette you just made. > > If this machine does not have a floppy disk drive then you must create the > boot diskette on a machine that does have such a drive, then burn a bootable > CD based on this diskette so that you can boot up your server with the > bootable CD. > > The next step depends on what happens with this boot diskette. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Re: Boot issue The symptoms you describe suggest that you're booting off the hard disk, not off the floppy disk. To prove that your machine is booting off a floppy disk, create a DOS boot diskette from http://www.bootdisk.com and boot the machine with it. "psalm19" <psalm19@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4AAF9043-49D1-42F7-B9B4-A3CF28F1A4AF@microsoft.com... > Thanks for the help. I created a floppy per your instructions and > attempted > to boot from the floppy and all I get is a flashing cursor in the top left > corner of the screen. > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "psalm19" <psalm19@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:AADB7A80-651B-4C11-86C2-6251EC742166@microsoft.com... >> >I used System Commander to move free disk space from the d partition to >> >the >> >c >> > partition. All seemed to go well except upon reboot the system goes >> > through >> > post and then just hangs...no errors just hangs...odd I know. >> > >> > I can get it to boot back into the OS if I boot from the System >> > Commander >> > CD >> > and select "install generic MBR" from the available options. The system >> > is >> > then able to find the MBR and all is well. I contacted System Commander >> > support and they didn't offer any useful help. I also ran "fix mbr" >> > from >> > the >> > Win2003 CD which didn't fix the issue either. >> > >> > Got any ideas on how I can permanetly fix this issue without needing to >> > reinstall? >> >> You cannot "move" free space from the second to the first partition. What >> you actually did was to do two things: >> a) You moved a number of files/folders from the start of the second >> partition to a vacant area on the same partition. >> b) You rewrote the partition tables for the two partitions. >> >> Step a) is a low-risk step. However, lots of things can go wrong with >> Step >> b). Whether the damage can be fixed remains to be seen. I would do this >> as a >> first and non-destructive step: >> - Boot into Windows, using your System Commander CD. >> - Format a floppy disk with Explorer. >> - Copy the following hidden files from C:\ to A:\ - >> * ntldr >> * ntdetect.com >> * boot.ini >> - Set the BIOS so that it uses your FDD as its first boot device. >> - Reboot the server from the boot diskette you just made. >> >> If this machine does not have a floppy disk drive then you must create >> the >> boot diskette on a machine that does have such a drive, then burn a >> bootable >> CD based on this diskette so that you can boot up your server with the >> bootable CD. >> >> The next step depends on what happens with this boot diskette. >> >> >>
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