Boot issue

[Guest psalm19]

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 \(MVP\)]

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]

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 \(MVP\)]

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.

>>

>>

>>