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.....boot 2>. ????

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kida

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I've got a Windows XP workstation and I've fdisk the drive.. created a C and a D... formatted the drives and now when I boot I receive a ....boot 2>. that replaces the command prompt... Anyone know what this is. I can't do anything on the system?!?
 
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Sounds like you've got some kind of funky bootloader taking over perhaps. Did you do an 'fdisk /mbr' yet? That'll clear out anything on the master boot record that could be catching the boot process.
 
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What was installed prior to formatting the drives, are there hidden recovery partitions from OEM pre-installed operating systems?

What are you trying to achieve exactly?

HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP (Q313348)

Read the paragraph,
"How to Partition and Format Your Hard Disk by Using Windows XP Setup."


For more help (shows enlargeable screenshots) go here.

 
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