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by hersheyboy

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the file type in my mbr does not match the actual file type on the first partition. How do I rewrite or rebuild the mbr without losing data? Win 2000 ,3 partitions on 60Gb drive

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by zcuteone

You need to provide a little more information regarding this. Is your HD formatted with NTFS file system? You repair your MBR from the win2k CD, and you won't lose your data. I've done it more then I like to admit. Anyway be a little more specific and I'll be better able to answer your question.

by zcuteone

fdisk /mbr does not work for NTFS file system. If they do that they will get a message NTLDR missing.

by drb63

You can do fdisk /mbr and then reboot. Once you do this, the mbr will be rebuilt from the backup.

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