How to repair the boot sector by fixing

the master boot record (MBR) in

Windows XP
To repair the boot sector by fixing the master boot record, there is no doubt, you
will have to be technically minded to proceed. You can sometimes fix the boot sector of a
hard drive and your computer will magically start as normal.
Your computer may continually restart, sometimes load the Windows logo screen, or
even just have a black screen. There are a number of symptoms that occur when you have
a damaged boot sector such as the master boot record.
What is a boot sector of a hard drive?
Your hard drive is split into small sectors and the first of these is the boot sector. t is the
most important and is obviously accessed first when the computer first boots up. f your
hard drive is not partitioned it will have a !olume "oot #ecord.
What is the master boot record $%"#&?
The "ios looks for a boot sector of your hard drive. f the hard drive has a partition it will
go to the %aster "oot #ecord. This tells "'( about your partition table and where the
operating system is that you want to boot up.
What can damage the %aster "oot #ecord
in the "oot (ector?
)aving problems when installing 'perating (ystems can damaged the master
boot record. (topping half way through installation is the most common cause.
*hanging the Windows #egistry entries.
+etting a virus that infects the %"#. %any viruses are built to attack the %"#.
What you will need to #epair the master boot record $%"#& of a hard drive
,. -n original .ull !ersion Windows /0. The one you used to originally put
Windows on your computer. -n OEM version may not have this option, it
depends on the company it came from. ( Dell, Acer, HP, etc)
1. You will need to know the administrator password for your Windows installation.
)ow to repair the master boot record $%"# of a hard drive manually $2uicker&
,. 0ut your original Windos !P "D into the cd drive of your computer. f your 0*
cannot enter Windows, or your Windows has problems, this *3 can help4
1. #estart yo$r comp$ter and hopefully it will come up and say press any %ey to
&oot from the cd.
5. (o therefore you must press any %ey on your keyboard to start from the cd.
6. f this does not come up you need to enter yo$r &ios and change the &oot order
or se'$ence. (ee )ow to get into Your "'( and change settings.
7. A &l$e screen ill appear and you are on your way..
8. You may need to press () to agree to the Windows (etup agreement.
9. -fter that the setup options will appear $see screen shot below&.
:. Do not press E*+E# as it will start installing Windows from scratch and you will
loose all of your data on your hard drive.
;. 0ress the letter # on your keyboard to enter the #ecovery "onsole.
,<. When #ecovery *onsole starts you will have to enter the n$m&er that
corresponds ith the installation yo$ ant to repair. .or example if you have
only one Windows installed on your computer then you would press the number
one key. f you have two operating systems on your computer and you want to
repair the second one then press 1.
,,. Enter yo$r Administrator passord for that windows installation. You must enter
an admin password here and if you do not, you cannot continue.
,1. -t the #ecovery *onsole command prompt, type fixmbr.
,5. Yo wi!! be as"ed to confirm that yo want to do this by pressing the , %ey
for yes.
,6. =ow your Master -oot record will be fixed.
,7.
=ow if that did not work you can also repair the "oot sector by following the same steps
but typing fi.&oot instead of fi.m&r.
#ix the boot sector of a hard dri$e in Windows %ista and Windows &e$en'
This screen shot below shows what you will see when you insert the Windows !ista or
(even operating system cd. You can try to do a (tart up repair first. +enerally this repairs
Windows problems. f you want to fix the boot sector of a hard drive you will need to
choose the *omand 0romplt option, as we did for Windows /0. The process is the same.
=otes>
.or earlier versions of Windows you can type in (dis% /m&r at the command
prompt.
"efore typing fi.m&r or fi.&oot you can type ch%ds% and this will check your
hard drive disk for bad sectors and offer to repair them.
- hard disk only has a M-# if it has &een partitioned. f it is a new hard disk
drive it will have a !olume "oot #ecord $!"#&. When it has been partitioned it
will have a %"# instead.
-lso see more about your computer has a black screen or a black screen with a
flashing cursor.
More options when dea!ing with a b!ac" screen'
"uy the ?book @#ecover Your *omputer .rom a "lack (creenA
Please comment below and let us know how you repair or fix your boot sector?