hi'yall. while trying to repair a XP media ctr. system (Gateway 5520), i discovered that this Gateway system lists the C: drive as active and listed as the #1 partition, but is only 73mb and named 'backup'. after a couple of trys with a non-destructive 'restore' (re-install with a data backup to 'old' file) the system continues to boot to the c: 'backup'. it will not boot to XP, and starts the restore process over again. i tried to change boot partition in the boot.ini file, but continue to have the same results. i already tried the 'fixmbr' in cmdline, to no avail. Any ideas?
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Jump to PostYep, we need more information.
fixmbr is a command found only in the Recovery Console [R for Reapir with RC during Setup on your installation cd]. It is not what you want, try bootconfig in the RC.
What is the drive/partition with your XP system files?
What is the drive/partition …
Jump to PostScreen shots are welcome... see allowable file formats by choosing Use Advanced Editor. If the format you need is not ther, then zip your file.
Boot.ini is on D: along with the system? Then your boot.ini should look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=4
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows ...whatever.." /noexecute=optin …
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