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RJ> Anyone know how to repair a dead boot sector on a HPFS partition ? I've RJ> had a multi-io card die and in the process of trying to get it to work RJ> my HDD has become unable to boot. RJ> Is there an OS/2 command like 'sys' or similar ? It boots off floppy, RJ> but goes straight to the prompt. CHKDSK doesn't help. Hello Rob, Use FDISK /NEWMBR. It's an undocumented feature, but it's there, and it works! Chris ___ X RM 1.31 0375 X It's hard to get the last nail in with self crusifiction... --- Maximus/2 3.01* Origin: Sydney PC Users Group Mail Exchange (3:712/505) SEEN-BY: 50/99 620/243 623/630 625/100 711/401 409 410 430 808 809 934 955 SEEN-BY: 712/311 320 330 407 505 506 515 517 624 690 704 828 841 852 713/888 SEEN-BY: 714/906 800/1 @PATH: 712/505 624 515 711/808 934 |
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