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From: tatar on 24 Mar 2010 17:37
Thanks. I shall backup system disk and carry out fixmbr.

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are all
> the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are irrelevant
> here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your original WinXP
> installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not need any special
> boot CD.
>
> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:uZmV$a4yKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
>> single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into
>> C:System and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:Page File and F:Office
>> programs.
>> My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery
>> console list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if
>> I run fixmbr with my OEM CD.
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
>>> WinXP installation CD.
>>>
>>> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to
>>> fix it?
>>>
>>> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>>>
>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows
>>>>>> XP installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an
>>>>>> streamed WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all
>>>>>> cases I get the warning that "... the files in my computer are later
>>>>>> version than the CD's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example
>>>>> that requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>


From: Pegasus [MVP] on 24 Mar 2010 17:54
There is a much easier way. It goes like this:
1. Format a floppy disk on a WinXP or Win2000 machine.
2. Copy the following files to it:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
boot.ini
3. Boot the machine with this floppy disk (or burn a bootable CD from it)

If it works then you know that you can boot up your system, regardless of
what commands you run to fix or modify the boot environment on your hard
disk(s).


"tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Thanks. I shall backup system disk and carry out fixmbr.
>
> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:eO$rCi5yKHA.5132(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Installation CDs are never aware of your partitioning scheme. They are
>> all the same (ignoring differences such as OEM/Retail which are
>> irrelevant here). Just boot into the Recovery Console, using your
>> original WinXP installation CD, and run the fixmbr command. You do not
>> need any special boot CD.
>>
>> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:uZmV$a4yKHA.928(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> I intend to use fixmbr. Complications are that my original setup was a
>>> single HDD. I added a second one and partitioned the first one into
>>> C:System and D:Data. Second HDD partitioned into E:Page File and
>>> F:Office programs.
>>> My OEM installation disk is not aware of the changes and in Recovery
>>> console list D: as an empty Page file. I do not know what will happen if
>>> I run fixmbr with my OEM CD.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:e7KNDL4yKHA.244(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> To boot into the Windows Recovery Console, boot the machine with your
>>>> WinXP installation CD.
>>>>
>>>> What program reports "MBR Error 3"? What program do you want to use to
>>>> fix it?
>>>>
>>>> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:O0Jh1G4yKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Yes, I want to fix my MBR error 3 and also to create Recovery console.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Pegasus [MVP]" <news(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ulE7A63yKHA.5288(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "tatar" <afe(a)ersoy.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uhxaK33yKHA.4752(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows
>>>>>>> XP installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an
>>>>>>> streamed WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all
>>>>>>> cases I get the warning that "... the files in my computer are later
>>>>>>> version than the CD's.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I produce a bootup disk from my computer with Windows XP SP3
>>>>>>> and the lastest updates?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Most things" sounds great but would you care to give us an example
>>>>>> that requires a WinXP boot CD?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
From: noone on 28 Mar 2010 13:52
=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
�crivait news:FD7D0AE9-0F31-4701-A575-1CF8409E9A1A(a)microsoft.com:

<snip>
>
> Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install
> disk".

<snip>

That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread
From: Mark Adams on 29 Mar 2010 13:57


"noone" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
> écrivait news:FD7D0AE9-0F31-4701-A575-1CF8409E9A1A(a)microsoft.com:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > Then your OEM CD is a "recovery disk" and not a Windows XP "install
> > disk".
>
> <snip>
>
> That's what the OP said in the beginning of this thread
> .
>

If you reread the original post:

"Most things you want to do you are asked to bootup from your Windows XP
installation CD. I have tried to use OEM WinXP recovery CD, an streamed
WinXP SP2 and somebody else's Win XP SP3 disk and in all cases I get the
warning that "... the files in my computer are later version than the CD's."

The OP has tried SP2 and SP3 install disks to no avail. This is because he
is trying to run Recovery Console from within Windows. You must boot from the
install disk to do this, which is why I gave him the instructions that I did.
Recovery disks don't have Recovery Console, they only recover the machine to
its original condition with all data lost-- which is what the OP said.
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