Minimal Windows XP boot disk

**Anilrgowda** · 08-Mar-2007, 09:27 PM

Question: I have a hard drive whose mbr has failed and you can no longer boot from it.

the rest of the drive is OK and with the windows xp install cd in the drive the cd boots and then when you don't press a key intime then control is passed to the hard drive and windows loads fine.

Can I make a floppy disk with just the control structure that the cd uses and automatically give control to the hard drive.

I'd like not to have the xp cd out in case it gets messed up

**Anilrgowda** · 08-Mar-2007, 09:28 PM

Take a look at the following article to see if this resolves your issue. It is possible that you just need to make the drive the "boot" partition.

Move Harddrive to a New Windows XP System

The following article describes running the repair.

Repair XP

08-Mar-2007, 09:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,712 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Minimal Windows XP boot disk Question: I have a hard drive whose mbr has failed and you can no longer boot from it. the rest of the drive is OK and with the windows xp install cd in the drive the cd boots and then when you don't press a key intime then control is passed to the hard drive and windows loads fine. Can I make a floppy disk with just the control structure that the cd uses and automatically give control to the hard drive. I'd like not to have the xp cd out in case it gets messed up

08-Mar-2007, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,712 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Re: Minimal Windows XP boot disk Take a look at the following article to see if this resolves your issue. It is possible that you just need to make the drive the "boot" partition. Move Harddrive to a New Windows XP System The following article describes running the repair. Repair XP

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