> > It doesn't even seem to get to NTDETECT when booted on a PC (not virtual PC or > that) > > and both me and a friend agreed the boot sector was bad, but all you can do is fix > > the MBR; Windows Setup, FIXBOOT, ERD, MSDaRT and many other tools report the disk > > partition as corrupt or unreadable, thus unfixable really. > > That could easily be protection - boot sector and partition map could be stored in > ROM and loaded some other way. I seem to recall some CD-based game kept file data on > the CD but the directory structure elsewhere.
Again possible, but I think the partition was corrupted as I have managed to get Windows 2000 to boot by recreating a bootable NT partition. It booted up to the point that the HAL file couldn't work with the hardware. It's possible the image of the disk became corrupt somehow before CHDing it (or possibly bad disk to start with).
EDIT: I suppose a re-image can either proove or disproove my theory..
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On a quest for Digital 573 and Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
By gods I've found it!
Edited by Naoki (01/03/12 07:42 PM)
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