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« on: July 21, 2008, 11:40:03 PM »
Currently the show is on hold; Misenthropicgods has the latest episode that we recorded at his appartment because my house is without a working computer, however his apt is without internet...

If someone could tell me how to fix a windows xp system with a corrupted boot file that would be great and get the show back up and running.

For the time being I appoligize.   Sad
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« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 11:49:24 PM »
You can try reparing the boot.ini file: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairbootini.htm

If that doesn't work, have you tried using a Linux Live CD to mount the file system and try to recover the data? I would say the easiest way to fix the problem is to reinstall XP after you get the data off.

Best of luck dude.
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« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 10:48:31 AM »
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I would say the easiest way to fix the problem is to reinstall XP after you get the data off.
Agreed. When it comes to Windows, if you have a major failure, sometimes it's just easier to boot up a Linux LiveCD (always keep one around) and copy any needed files from the hard drive and reinstall Windows.

If you don't already have a copy of a Linux, get a computer with internet and a CD-RW drive and grab a copy of maybe Ubuntu or Puppy linux. If your computer has a lot of RAM and decent CPU then Ubuntu would make a nice rescue disk. If you have a slower pc or less RAM then Puppy Linux would be good (harder to work with though). Puppy needs as little as 64MB RAM with 265MB being suggested. Ubuntu I'm not sure but 1GB or more is best for it lol.

Ubuntu Download Link:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

Puppy Linux download link:
http://www.puppylinux.com/download/index.html

You can burn the ISO from a Windows PC with BurnCDCC:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/burncdcc.html
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« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2008, 11:16:48 AM »
if the error is about NTLDR being missing I have a solution.

Grab an install cd, doesn't matter if it is acquired from a shady source or not. Boot from the cd and look for the option to go to the recovery console. At the prompt, type in

Code:
fixmbr

and

Code:
fixboot

then reboot. Your computer should work after that.

Disclaimer: I haven't had to fix Windows in this way for a while. As far as I remember this is how to do it. Attempt at your own risk. If in doubt, make a backup. If not in doubt, get in doubt. I have no idea if this will work with Vista. This method will also wipe out any other operating system bootloader so beware.
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2008, 12:58:42 AM »
Took out the SATA drive, plugged it into my friends Vista system, Vista scanned the drive for errors and then corrected them.  Plugged the drive back into my computer, and it was like magic...  easiest fix I've ever seen for a problem like this!

Needless to say, the show should be returning.
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2008, 11:37:13 AM »
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Took out the SATA drive, plugged it into my friends Vista system, Vista scanned the drive for errors and then corrected them.  Plugged the drive back into my computer, and it was like magic...  easiest fix I've ever seen for a problem like this!
Whatever works.. as long as it works.
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