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philgons · 01-09-2007, 07:09 PM

I have my hard drive partitioned into two parts. The first part had XP on it. The second has Vista on it. I transitioned everything on my XP over to my Vista and no longer needed the XP partition, so I deleted it. Ooops! I forgot that it was the active partition containing the all the boot information. Now when I turn on my computer, it can't find an OS. Is there a way to fix the problem easily without having to reinstall Vista on the partition I just deleted, reinstalling all my software, and moving all my files? Is there a way to set my Vista partition as the active partition that contains the MBR? How would I go about recreating the MBR on that partition? Thanks for any help you can offer!

Phil

01-09-2007, 07:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
philgons Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 66	Accidentally Delete the Active Partition Containing the MBR I have my hard drive partitioned into two parts. The first part had XP on it. The second has Vista on it. I transitioned everything on my XP over to my Vista and no longer needed the XP partition, so I deleted it. Ooops! I forgot that it was the active partition containing the all the boot information. Now when I turn on my computer, it can't find an OS. Is there a way to fix the problem easily without having to reinstall Vista on the partition I just deleted, reinstalling all my software, and moving all my files? Is there a way to set my Vista partition as the active partition that contains the MBR? How would I go about recreating the MBR on that partition? Thanks for any help you can offer! Phil