"no boot sector on hard disk" message - please help
Hello,
My hard disk broke so I bought a new one and have just restored a backup I made previously with Norton Ghost. The problem is that after re-starting the system I get the message "No Boot Sector on Hard Disk". I assume this means that Norton Ghost didnt copy this over or couldnt so I put the XP CD in, went to the Recovery Console and typed "fixboot" (someone told me this would fix the problem).
Now when re-starting I get no message but just a blinking "-" and nothing happens. Should I have used the "fixmbr" command? or is something else wrong. Sorry im a little bit clueless!
I have now restored the ghost backup again but still get this blinking "-" symbol on startup and using a dos boot disk the computer doesnt even think the c: drive exists.
If anyone has any ideas I would be eternally gratefull
Thanks for your time
Jai
Hello,
My hard disk broke so I bought a new one and have just restored a backup I made previously with Norton Ghost. The problem is that after re-starting the system I get the message "No Boot Sector on Hard Disk". I assume this means that Norton Ghost didnt copy this over or couldnt so I put the XP CD in, went to the Recovery Console and typed "fixboot" (someone told me this would fix the problem).
Now when re-starting I get no message but just a blinking "-" and nothing happens. Should I have used the "fixmbr" command? or is something else wrong. Sorry im a little bit clueless!
I have now restored the ghost backup again but still get this blinking "-" symbol on startup and using a dos boot disk the computer doesnt even think the c: drive exists.
If anyone has any ideas I would be eternally gratefull
Thanks for your time
Jai