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    Need help re-creating MBR and finding rtmbr.bin

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Mattkaz629, Feb 23, 2007.

  1. Mattkaz629

    Mattkaz629 Notebook Guru

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    Okay, I think I'm getting closer to finally fixing my problem (getting eRecovery to work properly, etc.) and to do so I just found out that it lies within fixing my MBR.

    I learned that I have to run mbrwrwin.exe (located in my acer directory on my laptop) and that rtmbr.bin is a much needed file that has to be opened (?) in order to recreate the MBR (mbrwrwin needs to install rtmbr). However, I can't find this anywhere on my laptop!

    I've been told that I can get this file off of my recover CDs that I made, or by accessing the PQSERVICE partition on my harddrive ...

    My question is ... How do I do this!?

    And ... does anyone have any practice/experience with re-creating their MBR in order to get ALT-F10, etc. working?

    Thanks! :D
     
    Mattkaz629, Feb 23, 2007
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    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    andyasselin, Feb 24, 2007
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