Fixing damaged Master Boot Record

“Error loading operating system” is appearing? Your MBR (Master Boot Record) may be damaged.

Don’t scary …

If the MBR is damaged, the BIOS can't locate and start the operating system. When your BIOS detects a damaged MBR or boot sector, you'll see message Error loading operating system.

With the help of Recovery Console we can come up.

1.Restart computer with Windows XP setup CD.

2.Boot from CD

3.After few minutes, select Recovery Console option by hitting “R”.

4.When Recovery Console starts, it will prompt you to enter a number corresponding to the Windows XP installation that you need to repair. In most cases, you'll enter "1" (which will be the only choice). If you press ENTER without typing a number, Recovery Console will quit and restart your computer. And enter your administrator password.

5.At the prompt, type fixmbr and then verify that you want to proceed.

6.By typing “help” you can find so many commands which may help you further.

7.If you would like to repair boot sector try fixboot.

That's all...