fdisk / mbr

[Al Bosch]

I need to wipe my MBR and transfer the system files back, due to NYB virus.
How do I do this with XP home SP1? In the "old days" boot from a system
disk, use fdisk /mbr then sys c: ....... XP has 2? similar commands, which
do I use??

TIA, Al


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[gregh]

"Al Bosch" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> I need to wipe my MBR and transfer the system files back, due to NYB
virus.
> How do I do this with XP home SP1? In the "old days" boot from a system
> disk, use fdisk /mbr then sys c: ....... XP has 2? similar commands, which
> do I use??
>
> TIA, Al
>

You can do two things and I would do them in this order:

1) Boot from XP CD and go to first repair option that comes up. When in
there, run Fixboot and let it fix the boot block.

2) Boot into safe mode so that nothing nasty has a chance to run and then do
sfc /scannow from the run prompt which will fix system files for you for the
most part. If still any troubles, also try an install of XP on top of XP.

Hopefully you wont have lost anything but I don't know that virus at all.


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[Dave]

Fixboot might also be a command, but if it doesn't work, try FIXMBR. I had
to do this the other day after a linux install went nutz on me.

"Al Bosch" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> I need to wipe my MBR and transfer the system files back, due to NYB
virus.
> How do I do this with XP home SP1? In the "old days" boot from a system
> disk, use fdisk /mbr then sys c: ....... XP has 2? similar commands, which
> do I use??
>
> TIA, Al
>
>
> '
>
>
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[Al Bosch]

NYB appears to be a pest rather than a threat to files an such. fdisk /mbr
then sys c: would fix it in the oldre DOS based systems. XP is a learning
experience for me!
"gregh" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Al Bosch" > wrote in message
> thlink.net...
> > I need to wipe my MBR and transfer the system files back, due to NYB
> virus.
> > How do I do this with XP home SP1? In the "old days" boot from a system
> > disk, use fdisk /mbr then sys c: ....... XP has 2? similar commands,
which
> > do I use??
> >
> > TIA, Al
> >
>
> You can do two things and I would do them in this order:
>
> 1) Boot from XP CD and go to first repair option that comes up. When in
> there, run Fixboot and let it fix the boot block.
>
> 2) Boot into safe mode so that nothing nasty has a chance to run and then
do
> sfc /scannow from the run prompt which will fix system files for you for
the
> most part. If still any troubles, also try an install of XP on top of XP.
>
> Hopefully you wont have lost anything but I don't know that virus at all.
>
>
> --
> Friar Tuck was always the butt of Spoonerism Jokes from the Merry Men!
>
>
>


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[gregh]

"Al Bosch" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> NYB appears to be a pest rather than a threat to files an such. fdisk /mbr
> then sys c: would fix it in the oldre DOS based systems. XP is a learning
> experience for me!

It is/was for everyone! Never actually worked a real lot on an NT based
system or NT itself prior to XP. All was relatively calm as I upgraded from
98SE and was using FAT32 as a result. Then, due to one prog not working over
a certain size partition if FAT32, I changed everything to NTFS and started
having all sorts of access problems I never had before. I got around them,
too, eventually but boy what FUN! ;-} The thing I would tell people going to
XP new now after possibly using ME or earlier, is to use FAT32 if possible
till they feel happy then go NTFS. Seemed to make things easier for me to
feel happy with XP before going NTFS and dealing with those problems.


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