[Tfug] MBR problems

[Leo Przybylski]

Keith,

Looks like you just cleared the MBR, but what if the problem isn't in 
the MBR? Was the drive partitioned when NT was installed on it? Probably 
all the partition information is lost now that the MBR is wiped out, but 
I'd check anyway. If the partition information is still there, perhaps 
the MBR wasn't wiped out afterall.

One last thing you might try. Have you tried low-level format yet? This 
should zero out the entire drive. If there was ever a hint of an NTLDR 
before, there won't be after low-level format, right?

-Leo Przybylski
http://foopan.leosandbox.org
http://grow.arizona.edu

Keith Davey wrote:

>Hi Gang,
>
>I am trying to convert an ageing win2k box over to linux after the win2k
>system crashed with NTLDR missing.  However after what apears to have been
>a succesfull install of linux, a reboot still gives me nothing but:
>
>NTLDR Missing
>
>I tried to correct this by issuing  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512
>count=1
>
>But even after this I still get NTLDR Missing.
>
>Any clues as to how I might clear this error?
>
>Keith Davey
>Storage Systems Div
>IBM Corp
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