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Faster Way to fix Win2k boot sector *if*
So while it can be done with the recovery disk, after sys'ing the FAT 16 partition with a Dos 6.0 boot disk.. my question is, since I have an NT boot disk which allows me to access the NT install... isn't there a way to repair the boot partition, from within NT???
I practised today, installing Win98 on a portable drive, then removed the portable drive from it's slot (portable drive connects to the IDE#0 controller and the permanent drives are installed to the IDE#1 controller, both having first partitions as "active". So once you've done your install to the portable, after removing the drive, the permanent drive no longer boots (disk error)...
I sys'ed it with Dos 6 (Dos 6 is installed on C, as will another copy ofWin9
It all worked fine *but*.. as I do have boot disks for the current (only 1 copy of WinNT pro is installed so far - for a couple weeks), can't I fix that boot sector on the C drive from within 2K?.... I would naturally like to avoid loading recovery console, since booting "in" is so quick, in comparison.
Or.. are there other solutions I should consider?