

Your damaged MBR will now be replaced with a new master boot record and your computer should now be able to boot properly. Press Enter and then type in the Administrator password.ĥ. Once the Recovery Console loads up, you will have to type in a number that corresponds to your Windows installation.

Once the setup loads, you will see the option to press R to repair a Windows installation.Ĥ. You will first have to enter the BIOS setup and change the order of the boot devices to start with the CD drive.ģ.

When prompted, boot from the CD drive by pressing any key. If you don’t have your original disk, borrow one or download a ISO image from a torrent site.Ģ. First, restart your computer with the Windows XP setup disk in the CD drive. Stuff like DeepBurner (which I found on this site) as well as others.ĪNY insight into making this happen would be appreciated.1. You know, those which require you to have Windows up and running. On top of that, I'd also like the USB drive to have "normal" portable apps on it.

You'd boot from the USB and see a menu like, I'm wanting to load UBCD, Hiren's Boot CD, OPHCrack, etc on it. I'm wanting to know if there is a way to have several bootable diagnostic/repair applications on one USB drive and have the option on which to load. Since I can't seem find an answer to my particular question, I thought I'd sign up and ask. (With any luck it'll "take off" and I can get out from "under the table", as it were, in the near future).Īnywho, I stumbled across this site while looking for portable diagnostic/repair apps to load on my USB drive. Jus thtis past weekend, I had four machines in need of some "proper" TLC of one sort or another. I'm in the process of turning my odd computer repairs for coworkers, family and friends into a proper side-business.
