1. Overcoming MBR Damage
Inside the hard drive, there is a file called the MBR (Master Boot Record). This file is located in the first byte and the first sector of the hard drive, just really the first. Understandably, the MBR is the primary marker of the presence of the hard disk. If the analogy, the MBR is like a map that guides the BIOS to find hard drive.
However, various things can cause the MBR is damaged, such as a virus or accidentally formatted. If that happens, no matter the operating system loses the signpost marked by the emergence of the message Operating System not found or missing operating system on the screen.
The solution to this problem is to restore the MBR file. The most common way is to make the process of recovery from the Windows CD. How, booting into the Windows CD and select Repair (by pressing the R key) and enter the Recovery Console. After that, type the command fixmbr to restore the MBR file.
For Windows Vista, the same concept although the procedure is slightly different. First, boot into Windows Vista DVD and select Repair Your Computer. When the System Recovery Options appears, select Command Prompt. After the Command Prompt window appears, type Bootrec.exe and press Enter.
If the Windows CD is lost some where, you can use the application of artificial Express Rescue Kit 9.0 Paragon. This is a free application that has diverse functions, including restore the MBR. This application is bootable, meaning can burn to a CD and a source of the boot process. When the system is showing symptoms of loss of MBR, you have to do is boot into Rescue Kit CD contains this. After that, select the menu Boot Corrector, follow the procedures that have been determined, and the case lost MBR should have been resolved.
Rescue Kit 9.0 Express can be downloaded for free here (46MB) or you can get on DVD InfoKomputer edition June 2009.
2. Windows Severe Damage
The case is often the case around the hard drive is Windows on the hard disk was badly damaged so that we can not enter into it. In such cases, the only solution is to reinstall Windows. The problem, often in the hard disk or partition containing Windows is still there are many important files that must be saved. Then, how to take it?
Use a bootable application and could explore (browse) a file on my hard drive failing. Again, you can use the Rescue Disk 9.0 Express which we discuss in the first part of this serialized article. Its use is very easy, simply follow the wizard (the wizard) from the menu File Transfer Wizard. Unfortunately, this free version can not move these files to CD / DVD. So, you must copy the files to a flash or external hard drive.
However Rescue Disk Express can only work from the CD. If you prefer the process of the flash, use a portable Linux operating system that can boot from flash (live-USB). Almost all Linux distributions have a portable version, but it should be noted that the mounting process (introduction of the hard drive) often must be done manually. We therefore recommend the use of Puppy Linux distributions because these distributions do the automatic mounting process. Size Puppy Linux also only 100MB, so that the load on the flash is small size though.
Rescue Disk 9.0 Application Express can be donwload for free here (46MB), while Puppy Linux can be found here (100MB). If you do not want to bother downloading, both applications are available on DVD InfoKomputer edition June 2009.