OK. After I find the contents of those two folders, I need to do the following 1. Copy NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM on C:\ 2. Create a valid BOOT.INI Since this will be a newly partitioned disk, the boot sector of C:\ (or hda1 in the Linux Terminology) will not have any thing useful. So what do I populate the boot sector with. From what I know, the information placed there by winnt32.exe or winnt.exe can depend on the size of the partition (namely the geometry of the partition is stored in the boot sector). So I guess I need to put a Windows Bootsector, there and modify parts of it to reflect the right geometry. 1. Where can I get the Windows Bootsector? 2. Which parts of the boot sector need to be modified (location of the BPB - Bios Parameter Block) 3. and most importantly what values need to be placed there? From some googling around, I found that even the FIXBOOT command of the recovery console, does only step 1 and does not modify the value of the BPB, which is why is many of KB articles, they ask you to install a DOS bootsector first (SYS C: from a WinMe floppy) and then run FIXBOOT (from the Recovery Console). - Murali
