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 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.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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?

 

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?

 

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

 

fdisk /mbr will wipe your Dell MBR and give you a Standard MBR. It only
writes boot code and zeroes the DiskID. No other sectors are changed.

 

You should have the Dell Vista disks. As far as I know, Dell hasn't
shipped any machines without the Vista DVD.

 

The Dell MBR isn't in the Dell Vista discs. Tom, when you boot Windows, do
you see a blue bar at the top of the screen with Dell text. This is an
indication that you have a Dell MBR.

 

Yes, I do believe you're right, as when I do a clean install I lose the
restore partition.

 

Thank you for trying!

 

Thanks, I was not aware of this option on Fdisk. Probalby because I
never needed it before.

 

You have to pay for the discs most of the time. But I will double
check.

 

It does right now, but the MBR is from an XP machine. Before I had no
bar.

 

That is what I am trying to avoid.

 

Not for almost a year. Dell ships them.

Dell ships the disks -- have since almost a year ago. I suspect the
headache of not sending them was more than they saved.

The only Dell Vista machine I have is a laptop. If you think the MBR is
the same and can tell me how the heck I copy it, I can send it to you.

Tom