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<blockquote data-quote="VdR" data-source="post: 540519" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p>UPDATE</p><p></p><p>So far, no good. I ended up with a HDD that I can't boot from anymore.</p><p></p><p>I used Acronis to create an image of the D: partition that has (had?) a working installation of Windows and MP and then restored that image on the C: partition to replace the broken installation. As I said, then I couldn't boot at all anymore (error message: 'NTLDR is missing').</p><p></p><p>I think this has to do with the dual boot set-up I had. So a few questions for the cracks:</p><p></p><p>On this particular HDD, C: was a primary partition and D: an extended partition. I had dual boot setup with selection at startup. I didn't know it was possible to boot a system on an extended partition?</p><p></p><p>So I think with this operation I imaged the MBR of the extended partition and then restored it on the primary partition. Is that so? Is that what broke to booting?</p><p></p><p>Would it work if both partitions where primary?</p><p></p><p>Does the PC always boot from the MBR of the first partition? Should I not have restored the MBR?</p><p></p><p>I'm experimenting, any help would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thx.</p><p></p><p>VdR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VdR, post: 540519, member: 25818"] UPDATE So far, no good. I ended up with a HDD that I can't boot from anymore. I used Acronis to create an image of the D: partition that has (had?) a working installation of Windows and MP and then restored that image on the C: partition to replace the broken installation. As I said, then I couldn't boot at all anymore (error message: 'NTLDR is missing'). I think this has to do with the dual boot set-up I had. So a few questions for the cracks: On this particular HDD, C: was a primary partition and D: an extended partition. I had dual boot setup with selection at startup. I didn't know it was possible to boot a system on an extended partition? So I think with this operation I imaged the MBR of the extended partition and then restored it on the primary partition. Is that so? Is that what broke to booting? Would it work if both partitions where primary? Does the PC always boot from the MBR of the first partition? Should I not have restored the MBR? I'm experimenting, any help would be appreciated. Thx. VdR [/QUOTE]
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