How to Fix MBR in Windows XP and Vista

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September 14, 2021

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How to Fix MBR in Windows XP and Vista

What is the MBR? MBR stands for Master Boot Record and it’s the first sector of your hard drive that basically tells the BIOS where to look for the operating system on your computer.

If, for any reason, the MBR becomes damaged or corrupt, then the operating system will be unable to load. You will normally see error messages like:

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Error loading operating system

Missing operating system

Invalid partition table

These messages are definitely not fun, especially if you are not familiar with computers. Most people would automatically assume their computers are dead! However, that’s not true. Being in IT myself, these errors are actually preferably to other types of Windows errors. Why?

Well, it’s actually fairly easy to fix the Master Boot Record in XP and Vista. All you have to do is load up the Recovery Console and run a simple command. All of your data, applications, settings, etc are still intact on the drive and once the MBR is fixed, the computer will load normally.

Fix MBR in Windows XP

So how can you repair your damaged MBR? Here are the steps to follow:

1. First, restart your computer with the Windows XP setup disk in the CD drive. If you don’t have your original disk, borrow one or download an ISO image from a torrent site.

2. When prompted, boot from the CD drive by pressing any key. If Windows loads automatically, you will first have to enter the BIOS setup and change the order of the boot devices to start with the CD drive.

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3. Once the setup loads, you will see the option to press R to repair a Windows installation.

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4. Once the Recovery Console loads up, you will have to type in a number that corresponds to your Windows installation. This is normally just 1. Press Enter and then type in the Administrator password.

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5. Now at the prompt, type in fixmbr. Your damaged MBR will now be replaced with a new master boot record and your computer should now be able to boot properly. Note that you may also want to run the fixboot command to repair the boot sector with a new one.

Juga, pastikan Anda hanya menggunakan perintah ini pada sistem dengan satu sistem operasi yang diinstal. Jika Anda memiliki lebih dari satu sistem operasi yang diinstal, fixmbr dan fixboot dapat mengacaukan semuanya.

Perbaiki MBR di Vista

Di Vista, prosedur untuk memperbaiki master boot record sedikit berbeda. Anda harus memulai Vista di Lingkungan Pemulihan dan kemudian menjalankan perintah bootrec. Begini caranya.

1. Pertama, muat disk Windows Vista di drive Anda dan tekan sembarang tombol untuk boot dari disk.

2. Pilih bahasa, waktu, mata uang, dll dan klik Next. Sekarang klik Perbaiki Komputer Anda.

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3. Pilih sistem operasi yang akan diperbaiki dan klik Next. Ketika dialog Opsi Pemulihan Sistem muncul, pilih Prompt Perintah.

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4. Sekarang ketik bootrec.exe dan tekan Enter. Ini akan membangun kembali data konfigurasi boot dan semoga memperbaiki masalah Anda. Anda juga dapat menjalankan perintah dengan sakelar untuk memperbaiki hanya master boot record (/fixmbr), sektor boot (/fixboot), atau membangun kembali seluruh BCD (/rebuildbcd).

Jika Anda masih mengalami masalah dengan memuat Windows, kirim komentar dan saya akan melihat apakah saya dapat membantu! Menikmati!