dell vista MBR

Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks!

> -----Original Message-----
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> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
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> Conversation: dell vista MBR
> Subject: dell vista MBR
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> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks


What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
machine.

I need to restore the boot code only, not the partition table or the
disk ID. My MBR got rewritten by another program, and I need to repair
defective sectors.


On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:47:02 -0400, "Tom Scales" <>
wrote:

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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
>> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>> Conversation: dell vista MBR
>> Subject: dell vista MBR
>>
>> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
>> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks
>
>
>What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
>machine.

You might try this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392

<> wrote in message
news:...
>I need to restore the boot code only, not the partition table or the
> disk ID. My MBR got rewritten by another program, and I need to repair
> defective sectors.
>
>
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:47:02 -0400, "Tom Scales" <>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
>>> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
>>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>>> Conversation: dell vista MBR
>>> Subject: dell vista MBR
>>>
>>> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
>>> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks
>>
>>
>>What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
>>machine.

Put your Windows Vista CD in, boot up the repair console, and I think that the
right command is FIXMBR. Same as XP.

You could also put in a Windows 98 or Windows ME, and do the following from the
DOS command prompt:

FDISK /MBR

As for the defective sectors, you would do best to attempt repair with the drive
manufacturer's diagnostic software, a free download (except Toshiba which has NO
diagnostic software available to us peons)... Ben Myers

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:35:17 GMT, wrote:

>I need to restore the boot code only, not the partition table or the
>disk ID. My MBR got rewritten by another program, and I need to repair
>defective sectors.
>
>
>On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:47:02 -0400, "Tom Scales" <>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
>>> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
>>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>>> Conversation: dell vista MBR
>>> Subject: dell vista MBR
>>>
>>> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
>>> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks
>>
>>
>>What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
>>machine.

As you already know, the Dell boot code is different from what you will get
with fixmbr. Dan Goodell's mbrsaver can backup and restore Dell boot code
and ignore the DiskID and Partition table but I don't know if it works with
Vista.

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixmbr.htm

I have that program, but you need a MBR to do it from another Dell
machine wist Vista on it, XP boot MBR is different than Vista.

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 07:52:43 GMT, "Brian K" <>
wrote:

>
>As you already know, the Dell boot code is different from what you will get
>with fixmbr. Dan Goodell's mbrsaver can backup and restore Dell boot code
>and ignore the DiskID and Partition table but I don't know if it works with
>Vista.
>
>http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixmbr.htm
>

The machine has Vista on the hard drive, not on seperate disks. I have
repaired most of the sectors using third party software. I have not
tired to do Wn98 with Fdisk /MBR. Won't that erase the entire drive?



On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:09:59 -0400, Ben Myers
<> wrote:

>Put your Windows Vista CD in, boot up the repair console, and I think that the
>right command is FIXMBR. Same as XP.
>
>You could also put in a Windows 98 or Windows ME, and do the following from the
>DOS command prompt:
>
>FDISK /MBR
>
>As for the defective sectors, you would do best to attempt repair with the drive
>manufacturer's diagnostic software, a free download (except Toshiba which has NO
>diagnostic software available to us peons)... Ben Myers
>
>On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:35:17 GMT, wrote:
>
>>I need to restore the boot code only, not the partition table or the
>>disk ID. My MBR got rewritten by another program, and I need to repair
>>defective sectors.
>>
>>
>>On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:47:02 -0400, "Tom Scales" <>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
>>>> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
>>>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>>>> Conversation: dell vista MBR
>>>> Subject: dell vista MBR
>>>>
>>>> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
>>>> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
>>>machine.

Microsfot MBR is different than Dell. If I put the hard drive into a
desktop as a non-boot disc, could I run fixmbr from Dell on that drive
only?
On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 20:48:47 -0700, "Gummy Mummy"
<> wrote:

>You might try this:
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392
>
><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>I need to restore the boot code only, not the partition table or the
>> disk ID. My MBR got rewritten by another program, and I need to repair
>> defective sectors.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 14:47:02 -0400, "Tom Scales" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
>>>> Posted At: Saturday, September 08, 2007 11:30 AM
>>>> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
>>>> Conversation: dell vista MBR
>>>> Subject: dell vista MBR
>>>>
>>>> Can someone post a MBR from a Vista machine with the dell software
>>>> preloaded on the hard drive? Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>What exactly are you trying to do? The MBR would likely vary by
>>>machine.
>

>I have that program, but you need a MBR to do it from another Dell
> machine wist Vista on it, XP boot MBR is different than Vista.
>
>



Yes. If I had Vista I'd send you the Dell MBR.