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Old 29-01-2007, 08:41 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Default Re: xp bootup failure-even after reinstalling

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Originally Posted by jay_jay
how can i make it active.i donot find command named 'fdisk' in recovery console.
Its called "diskpart" in Win XP. You may have to do something like this

Code:
 
H:\>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565
Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: USWPCO02840
 
DISKPART> LIST DISK
  Disk ###  Status      Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  ----------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online        56 GB      0 B
 
DISKPART> SELECT Disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
 
DISKPART> LIST PARTITION
  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary             56 GB    32 KB
 
DISKPART> SELECT Partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
 
DISKPART> ACTIVE
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
 
DISKPART> EXIT
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