I forgot to say earlier, but as far as I know there is a single boot sector which contains the relevant data on all current installations.
I don't know which options you chose in the past using the Windows disc, but what I suspect has happened is that you only have one copy of Windows on your drive (in terms of physical files) and that the boot sector has simply not been updated correctly so that it in fact thinks there are several. Fixing the MBR should rectify the problem if this is the case.
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Originally Posted by jim76
cheers guys. I think it was a similar problem the first time round, something like a missing NDL file or something that stopped it booting. I did try fixing the boot sector through the recovery console but it ended up just completely reinstalling windows which i didn't really want, hence the odd scenario with a few version on there i guess. But it's been fine for the last couple of years.
I'll give the recovery console another try and see.
It's a Mesh pc by the way.
just out of interest, as i appear to have 3 versions to choose from would each one have it's own boot sector? ie, could i choose the second one on the list for a change and see if it boots up?
Ian, what was that about the power supply?
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