Bad experience, Lost HD

[Ivan]

Install, with backup of the original in oldmbr.dat

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sbminst -t us -d 128 -b oldmbr.dat


uninstall, replaces the smbinst one with the original one saved in oldmbr.dat

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sbminst -u  oldmbr.dat


For more info, print chapter 4 that includes the instructions for using it (quite technical)

[luke]

Could you get more explecit, sort of idiots approach to doing this, please.

I made an Autoexec file with " sbminst -t us -d 128 -b oldmbr.dat " and run it in win98.
On reboot the Boot Mngr came up showing :-

flags

[congo]

Disk wizard alas is not for IDEs.

Yes it is. I don't know what makes you think that.

I love utils, but SP2 & nLite not at 266mb & 30mb. I'll rent your CD though.

SP2 is not a util, it's an essential upgrade that turns a flawed op sys into a good one. If you don't think it's worth downloading, Microsoft may send you a copy if you ask them nicely.

nlite is a little more than a util. It is an extremely powerful WinXP modifier with a user friendly interface. It allows the creation of your own customised operating system, or you can just integrate SP2 into a WinXP install disk so windows loads cleanly. It's only a 1 mb download, not 30!

I also downloaded 6 floppies for installing XP in DOS.

6 x 1.44mb = 8.64mb, so how did you do that neat trick?

I mean WinXP is well over 500mb isn't it?    ;D

I'm not sure what you downloaded there.

[luke]

OK Congo,
sorry, xp setup bootdisks at :-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;310994

I'll try mS nicely for sp2 cd.

downloaded nlite but it said it needs bla bla... to work, and that was another 26mb.

After  Disk Wiz was run it said sorry there are no sata or scusi here. End of effort.

Where do I go wrong     thnx     luke

[Ivan]

OK, the bootloader thing shows one drive and the MBR looks quite messed up...

You can try to get the data from the drive with Knoppix, but to be honest i think that the problem has to do with hardware (IE Dead disk)