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Originally Posted by devils_casper hmmm... if you have Floppy Drive, try Windows 98 Bootable floppy. download it from here , boot up from it and execute 'fdisk /mbr'. No floppy ...
  1. 03-10-2007 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper
    hmmm... if you have Floppy Drive, try Windows 98 Bootable floppy. download it from here, boot up from it and execute 'fdisk /mbr'.
    No floppy drive. But I do have access to my mom's Windows XP reinstallation cd. Would that work?
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    yes that will work. execute 'fixmbr' command after selection 'repair'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper
    yes that will work. execute 'fixmbr' command after selection 'repair'.
    After I select repair mode it asks for an administrator password. Where would I find this? On the machine where XP is installed?
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    did you try pressing Enter key? if it doesn't accept that, you have to wait for Vista Installation DVD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils_casper
    did you try pressing Enter key? if it doesn't accept that, you have to wait for Vista Installation DVD.
    Miraculously, this morning when I tried one last time to boot, windows jumped into some sort of scan that it hadn't done before, then it rebooted itself into vista no problem. I don't get what happened, but I'm not complaining. Thanks again for the help.
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    Wow (its Vista). i agree that Vista behaves mysteriously sometimes. i am trying to figure out its Boot Loader working.
    so i assume that Dual Boot is working perfectly in your machine now.
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