Fixing MBR boot. No cd for xp and cannot access windows.

ultr3a · July 7, 2011, 8:14pm

Its as the title states.

I have done my due diligence looking for some kind of USB recovery prog or “diskette” that I can get into recovery system or even just boot a xp cmd prompt so I can fix it from there. I have tried several different programs and none seem to work. Go figure.

Anyone know of any recovery disks for windows xp that can be booted from a USB?

nrickert · July 7, 2011, 8:52pm

You would get more useful responses if you said a bit more about what it is that you are trying to fix.

Maybe the ultimate boot CD has what you are looking for.

hendersj · July 7, 2011, 8:45pm

On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:36:04 +0000, ultr3a wrote:

> Its as the title states.
>
> I have done my due diligence looking for some kind of USB recovery prog
> or “diskette” that I can get into recovery system or even just boot a xp
> cmd prompt so I can fix it from there. I have tried several different
> programs and none seem to work. Go figure.
>
> Anyone know of any recovery disks for windows xp that can be booted from
> a USB?

Is this related to the other thread on this subject that you have?

If so, then you probably will get better luck by keeping things in one
thread.

Jim

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martin_helm · July 7, 2011, 9:08pm

ultr3a wrote:

>
> Its as the title states.
>
> I have done my due diligence looking for some kind of USB recovery prog
> or “diskette” that I can get into recovery system or even just boot a xp
> cmd prompt so I can fix it from there. I have tried several different
> programs and none seem to work. Go figure.
>
> Anyone know of any recovery disks for windows xp that can be booted
> from a USB?
>
You can create a super grub dsik usb media.
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/SGD_Howto_make#How_to_make_a_Super_Grub_Disk_USB.
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/
it can fix windows mbr not only grub.