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{Tutorial} – Fix your Master Boot Record (MBR) in Windows XP/ VISTA/ 7

Hello my friends and Merry Christmas, wish you the best!

Today i am going to explain you how you can fix your master boot record (mbr) in your windows setup, either xp, vista or 7. When we have dual boot systems especially windows with linux or even windows versions and then you decide that you don't want the either problems at your booting might come along when you delete the one you don't want. We are here to Fix this issue now

Firstly starting with XP:

1. First of all you want a cd of the windows XP installation.
2. Insert it and boot your PC, choose your CD as the boot option and ait for the windows files to load.
3. Now press R as we want to get into the recovery console of the disk.
4. You will then asked to choose the operating system to log into. Usually it's the first option you want so press the number 1 and enter.
5. Enter your password and enter.
6. Ok now we are at the "Windows" location in the command prompt like below:

   c:\WINDOWS>

7. Now enter the following commands

   c:\windows>fixmbr
   c:\windows>fixboot

8. Now you can exit the console and restart your PC normally.

Now let's go over to Vista users:

1. First of all you want a vista dvd on which you must boot in during the startup of your system.
2. When Windows load every file and display you the screen where you can shoo Install, you must choose the Repair your computer option from bottom left corner
3. Then it will want you to choose the System you want so choose your vista installation and OK
4. Next choose the command prompt
   
5. Now you must type these commands:

   Bootrec.exe /fixMBR
   Bootrec.exe /fixBoot

6. It will say you that it was succesful, exit the command prompt and RESTART
7. Now you are ready to go

Now we move over to Windows 7 users:

1. Insert Win 7 installation DVD and boot from DVD drive.
2. Choose your default "Language", "Time", and "keyboard Input" on the first window and click next.
3. Now you have the option to Install, but what we want is to repair so choose the Repair Your Computer option.
4. Choose the command prompt
5. Now here we must go into the boot folder of the win7 DVD. To do this you must guess the dvd drive letter, for example if you only have one disk and one partition which is C: then probably the dvd drive will be D: . Once you find it enter the following
   

   cd d:\boot  and press enter

   if it doesn't work try typing just D: and then if the command prompt change to D:\> type cd boot

6. Now that we are into the boot folder of our DVD we must type the following command to fix the master boot record (mbr):

   bootsect /nt60 C: /force /mbr

   Where C: is you can type two more keywords instead of that. Consider that C: is your system drive though. Ok the first one is the SYS (it will choose the partition that have the atrribute as system and fix that one) keyword and the second one is the ALL (it will fix all the partitions and disks). Also you can not use the /force and /mbr arguments but i think it's better to do.

Ok everybody now you can fix your MasterBoot Record on your own