Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 ok, so i got this laptop to repair, and the boot files are corrupted, so i cant even boot it up. somehow, magically the "fdisk" doesnt work anymore so..how should i fix this computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 is it windows XP, if so you need to do "fixboot" from the recovery console on a windows xp CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 it is windows xp...but i dont have the cd? would a recovery cd from another computer work? (like my old compaq? it was also windows xp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 it is windows xp...but i dont have the cd? would a recovery cd from another computer work? (like my old compaq? it was also windows xp) it will if it is actually a windows xp disk, if it is just a image cd then no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 uh...it just says quick recovery on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 do you think i should just install vista RC1 on this or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 uh...it just says quick recovery on it. if you stick it in and it goes into a regular windows blue screen setup then its a windows xp cd, if anything else its just a image CD. do you think i should just install vista RC1 on this or no? i wouldnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 nope, quick recovery cd didnt work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kamil234 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 is there any file you can download and burn on a cd that has a file recovery or something? on the vista cd there's comand prompt but fixboot command doesnt work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 31, 2006 CID Share Posted October 31, 2006 is there any file you can download and burn on a cd that has a file recovery or something? on the vista cd there's comand prompt but fixboot command doesnt work. no you cant burn it to a cd, you need a regualy windows xp disk. a vista cd wont do it becuase vista does not have a master boot record like windows xp so there is no need for fixboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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