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Undoing a hard drive Hex Edit

  • 13-11-2010 4:36pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    Hi guys,

    I was creating a gold card for my android phone following the steps here. Instead of opening my phone's SD card in the hex editor, I must have accidentally opened my hard drive and edited that instead. Now, having restarted my laptop, it seems to try to network boot rather than boot from the hard drive. Checked the boot order and hard drive is first. Looks like I might have totally wrecked how the hard drive boots. Is there anything I can do?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    spider guardian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    Which operating system are you using?

    Windows installation disks have tools for restoring the boot sector, the procedure for Windows XP is different to that of Vista/7 (both of which are the same).

    For Windows XP, you will need to enter the Recovery Console and use the 'fixboot' command.

    For Vista/7, you will need to click 'Repair Computer' at the continue installation screen, bring up a command prompt and type 'bootrec /fixboot'.

    Google will provide you with more detail, good luck!


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Worked a treat, thanks! :)


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