Guest Thufir Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Going by the KC: "Warning Writing the master boot record to the hard disk in this manner can make certain hard disks partitioned with SpeedStor unusable. It can also cause problems for some dual-boot programs and disks with more than four partitions." <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013/en-us> does this mean that the command will fail for an OEM install? thanks, Thufir
Guest Gordon Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: fdisk /mbr "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message news:FNWti.39887$fJ5.22046@pd7urf1no... > Going by the KC: > > "Warning Writing the master boot record to the hard disk in this manner > can make certain hard disks partitioned with SpeedStor unusable. It can > also cause problems for some dual-boot programs and disks with more than > four partitions." > > <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/69013/en-us> > > > does this mean that the command will fail for an OEM install? > > > > thanks, > > Thufir > Don't use FDisk - use fixmbr http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true Why are you needing to rewrite the MBR?
Guest Thufir Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: fdisk /mbr On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:43:18 +0100, Gordon wrote: > Don't use FDisk - use fixmbr > http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/ proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true > > Why are you needing to rewrite the MBR? Thanks for the link. I don't need to, it was a hypothetical. -Thufir
Guest PowerUser Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: fdisk /mbr Why would OEM matter? "Thufir" <hawat.thufir@gmail.com> wrote in message news:zoYti.40975$rX4.30435@pd7urf2no... > On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:43:18 +0100, Gordon wrote: > > >> Don't use FDisk - use fixmbr >> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/ > proddocs/en-us/bootcons_fixmbr.mspx?mfr=true >> >> Why are you needing to rewrite the MBR? > > Thanks for the link. I don't need to, it was a hypothetical. > > > > -Thufir
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