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Is there a clone of the windows recovery console for windows xp because I no longer have the disc to restore the MBR. I also need to be able to run this off a flash drive because my dvd reader is broken.
Mythrillic
Posted 2011-10-14T05:59:30.103
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ok I see you didn't install the recovery console locally then! or store the ISO.
There is the windows xp 6 file disk set http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
so-called "Windows XP Setup disks"
It can get you to a recovery console.
You could also try a Windows 98 boot disk. Downloadable.. FDISK /MBR that might do it.
Maybe there are some more modern better ways and then that'd probably be a better answer.
barlop
Posted 2011-10-14T05:59:30.103
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You can do it with Linux. Either boot a USB stick; or if Linux is already installed, you can rewrite the MBR as a "final act", which will make it inaccessible (until you reinstall Linux).
First you have to identify the disk. In the Terminal:
sudo fdisk -l
to list the partitions. The disk will probably be either /dev/sda or /dev/hda. Then:
sudo apt-get install lilo
sudo lilo -M /dev/sda mbr
lilo is no longer installed by default, so the first line will do it (on Debian-based distros, including Ubuntu) if necessary.
Ken
Posted 2011-10-14T05:59:30.103
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Thank you Ken, this solved the problem for me. I used a Linux Mint CD to boot a Debian-based Linux. – lolmaus - Andrey Mikhaylov – 2013-04-22T11:30:17.047
I ended up finding just the recovery console to download and found a tutorial to make it bootable. ill make this as a answer because i basically did this. – Mythrillic – 2011-10-14T06:29:48.330
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well, better to either post what you foiund as an answer or in comments, but to post it, for others. Since you mention downloading the recovery console, I found this http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?/topic/150212-boot-to-recovery-console-wo-xp-cd/ mentions this link http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso and credits wannabe1 from Geeks to Go.
– barlop – 2011-10-14T10:55:55.703