HELP ME!!! I deleted my boot sector

Boldt843 · 06-19-2005, 05:38 PM

I have accedently deleted my boot sector today, i am currently using an old ide drive that i installed to help fix the problem.

There are a ton of programs that help you restore boots sectors, but they all cost money, and i need to make sure i am using the right one.

Is there any way to restore my boot sector, and use my hard drive as it was. I didn't partition over the drive yet. And i have used a few programs to restore the files, and i see that they are all there, but I can't restore the boot sector for sure, unless i buy them and try too.

I'm running windows xp home SP2 if that helps any

HELP ME SOMEBODY!!!

ebackhus · 06-19-2005, 06:03 PM

Do you have another HDD that you can install an OS onto?

Boldt843 · 06-19-2005, 06:11 PM

Yes, i have two other hard drives

dai · 06-20-2005, 12:13 PM

boot from the xp cd and choose install
select R when it comes up then in the recovery console type
fixboot
and press enter

**johnwill** · 06-20-2005, 02:29 PM

PC Inspector is free, give it a look.

06-19-2005, 05:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
Boldt843 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5 OS: XP Home	HELP ME!!! I deleted my boot sector I have accedently deleted my boot sector today, i am currently using an old ide drive that i installed to help fix the problem. There are a ton of programs that help you restore boots sectors, but they all cost money, and i need to make sure i am using the right one. Is there any way to restore my boot sector, and use my hard drive as it was. I didn't partition over the drive yet. And i have used a few programs to restore the files, and i see that they are all there, but I can't restore the boot sector for sure, unless i buy them and try too. I'm running windows xp home SP2 if that helps any HELP ME SOMEBODY!!!

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06-19-2005, 06:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
Boldt843 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 5 OS: XP Home	Yes, i have two other hard drives