>>>>Anybody know how I might fix a "Disk Read Error" while I boot up my machine?
>>>>I have a machine that will not boot up.
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>>>>thanks bunches
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>>>Go to another machine with a similar OS and create a boot disk. Once you boot the bad PC, you can access utilities like FDISK.EXE and SYS.COM from the C:\Windows\Command folder.
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>>Mark,
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>>I also believe you can issue SYS /MBR to reinit the Master Boot Record.
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>It's FDISK /MBR, not SYS...
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>FDISK controls the partition tables, which includes the Master Boot Record (or MBR) that serves as the hard disk's pointer to the bootstrap loader for the operating system on a logical volume; SYS writes the actual OS-specific executables for starting the OS and loading the CLI. Every physical disk has a partition table and MBR regardless of the OS and type(s) of partition formats used to define logical volumes.

Ed,

Whoops.. I thought you could SYS a disk and flip a switch to clean thing up. Sorry 'bout that.

FDISK is ajust a teensy bit more dramatic. <g>

Best,


DD

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