fixboot/fixmbr: is target declaration required?

[Guest idiotprogrammer]

I installed XP SP 2 32 bit on a PC with one hard drive and an AMD 64

bit processor.

 

The one hard drive has two NTFS partitions. partition #1 (aka C:) has

xp sp 2 installed on it. partition #2 is empty.

 

I installed it and MIGHT have upgraded to SP 3 (I honestly don't

remember).

 

But it won't boot on its own. It never did (even before the possible

SP 3 upgrade). It was a clean system

 

I read through the xp docs on troubleshooting booting.

 

When I went to Recovery Console with the install CD. it asks for

Windows Administrator pw, and I logged on successfully.

 

I'm at my c drive (c:\windows).

 

I ran fixmbr and fixboot, but without declaring any target disk.

 

Is it required to specify the drive that the fixmbr will affect? If

you specify no drive or device, will it make the changes on the

current C: drive? (when I ran the commands without targets, it gave me

a success message).

 

I brought the Pc to the repair shop, and I'm wondering if the failure

to declare a target was the cause of the problem. I still think that

the mobo is the problem, but I want to know if I entered the correct

command.

 

next question, I ran bootcfg (namely rebuild,scan and add). It

detected the c: drive and it seemed to run successfully when I added

it.

 

What is the relationship between fixmbr and bootcfg? Do you need to

run both comands? Does one depend on the other? If you need to run

both commands, do you need to reboot in between the time you run both

comands?

 

Robert Nagle

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: fixboot/fixmbr: is target declaration required?

 

idiotprogrammer wrote:

> I ran fixmbr and fixboot, but without declaring any target disk.

>

> Is it required to specify the drive that the fixmbr will affect? If

> you specify no drive or device, will it make the changes on the

> current C: drive? (when I ran the commands without targets, it gave me

> a success message).

 

If you don't declare a target fixmbr repairs the MBR on the startup

device and fixboot writes a boot sector on the System (Active)

partition, (where the files boot.ini, NTDETECT.COM & ntldr reside)

 

> next question, I ran bootcfg (namely rebuild,scan and add). It

> detected the c: drive and it seemed to run successfully when I added

> it.

>

> What is the relationship between fixmbr and bootcfg?

 

None.

 

> Do you need to

> run both comands? Does one depend on the other?

 

No.

 

> If you need to run

> both commands, do you need to reboot in between the time you run both

> comands?

 

No.

 

John

[Guest db.·.. >]

Re: fixboot/fixmbr: is target declaration required?

 

each command addresses

a specific issue:

 

more info can be

found here:

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

 

 

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"idiotprogrammer" <idiotprogrammer@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I installed XP SP 2 32 bit on a PC with one hard drive and an AMD 64

> bit processor.

>

> The one hard drive has two NTFS partitions. partition #1 (aka C:) has

> xp sp 2 installed on it. partition #2 is empty.

>

> I installed it and MIGHT have upgraded to SP 3 (I honestly don't

> remember).

>

> But it won't boot on its own. It never did (even before the possible

> SP 3 upgrade). It was a clean system

>

> I read through the xp docs on troubleshooting booting.

>

> When I went to Recovery Console with the install CD. it asks for

> Windows Administrator pw, and I logged on successfully.

>

> I'm at my c drive (c:\windows).

>

> I ran fixmbr and fixboot, but without declaring any target disk.

>

> Is it required to specify the drive that the fixmbr will affect? If

> you specify no drive or device, will it make the changes on the

> current C: drive? (when I ran the commands without targets, it gave me

> a success message).

>

> I brought the Pc to the repair shop, and I'm wondering if the failure

> to declare a target was the cause of the problem. I still think that

> the mobo is the problem, but I want to know if I entered the correct

> command.

>

> next question, I ran bootcfg (namely rebuild,scan and add). It

> detected the c: drive and it seemed to run successfully when I added

> it.

>

> What is the relationship between fixmbr and bootcfg? Do you need to

> run both comands? Does one depend on the other? If you need to run

> both commands, do you need to reboot in between the time you run both

> comands?

>

> Robert Nagle