Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Robert Moskowitz wrote on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:29:01 +0100: > > >> I am still dead on my corporate system, and the XP boot CD I brought >> won't boot. And so far I have not found anyone here at the IETF meeting >> that happens to have one in their bag of tricks... >> > > If this is an XP system and the MBR set by XP, then you can boot with the > (any!) XP CD/DVD into the rescue console and use fixmbr command. I know that, but so far I have not found anyone here at the IETF meeting that has one. I mean, who carries such a CD with them to a week-long meeting? I have a couple of options to pursue still. LIke the network helpdesk vendor who is local... > However, > you indicated earlier there is some encryption in place, I don't know if > that is already in effect at MBR level. If it is, this method or the one > mentioned in the article won't help. > My corporate tech guy told me the first step is to get a standard XP mbr back on the system, and then he believes he can talk me through getting the encryption working again. > Kai > >