I/o Error Accessing Boot Sector File Bootsect.dos
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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow http://superuser.com/questions/428209/how-can-i-make-windows-xp-bootable-again the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Super User Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top How can I make i/o error Windows XP bootable again? up vote 4 down vote favorite Some time ago, I replaced my hard drive. Foolishly, I imaged the individual partitions, not the entire drive. That meant that my system was unbootable. For my primary OS (Linux), that was no problem as I could simply re-run GRUB. However Windows XP remains unbootable. The machine in question is a netbook which doesn't have a CD drive or a restore partition, so i/o error accessing I can't boot from a Windows CD and run fixmbr. How can I fix Windows? Here's a picture of what I see when I try to boot Windows from the GRUB menu: I don't actually have an XP CD, since of my two machines, the netbook in question has neither a restore partition nor a CD, and my other XP machine only came with a restore partition. So I'll also need a way to get hold of the necessary files. windows-xp boot ntldr share|improve this question edited Sep 19 '12 at 15:38 asked May 24 '12 at 4:08 Scott Severance 2751419 2 You can use this [tutorial]( tinyempire.com/notes/ntldrismissing.htm). Sorry I can't post it as answer because I am on mobile ATM. You can make usb bootable and can fix missing ntldr. –avirk May 24 '12 at 7:37 @avirk: Thanks. You've answered most of my question. If you post it as an answer ,I'll accept it. Unfortunately, in the process ,I managed to seriously damage my main system, so until I can recover from that, I won't be working on this issue. –Scott Severance May 24 '12 at 21:15 Ok I'm going to post it as answer with the steps provide there. –avirk May 25 '12 at 2:47 add a comment| 2 Answe