Wednesday, July 29, 2009

INVALID LBAI ERROR WITH WinXP WHILE BOOTING

This error message will display if your hard drive has gone faulty and lost it's master boot record (MBR). To resolve this issue you need to perform an MBR repair by following below steps:
1. insert your windows installation disk,then reboot and press R to repair a Windows XP installation when prompted for.
2. If repairing a host with multiple OS, select the appropriate one (XP) from the menu. If you have only one operating system, enter 1 to select it.
3. Enter the administrator password if prompted.
4. Now you will be on c:\Windows> apply FIXMBR command and hit Enter to fix the MBR.
(U will be presented with several scary warning lines. Microsoft is exceptionally vague regarding the conditions under which fixmbr can cause problems although they are clear about the consequences (losing all data on the hard drive), so use this at your own risk)
5. Type Y and ENTER and Type exit to leave the recovery console and reboot.

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