Thanks Dave & John, the answers certainly helped in guiding me to what I
need to do next. I'll boot from the XP cd and start the recovery console,
and if the chkdsk /f doesn't work I'll end up using Spinrite to retrieve
data that isn't backed up. Not what I want to do, but might be what I need
to do... <sigh>


"DavidJ726" <DavidJ726@hasnoaddress.com> wrote in message
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> My slave drive (D has become unaccesable and the error message I receive
> is Corrupt Master File Table.
>
> I have a Dual boot System with XP on the C: drive and Vista Beta on the D:
> drive. I know I can boot from the XP CD and from the recovery console,
> run the fxmbr and chkdsk/f commands, but what I don't know is if the
> Master File Table was modified when I installed Vista on the D: drive, so
> I don't know if I should use XP's tools or Vista's (MRE?) tools. If I use
> XP tools and the file was modified by Vista, shoudn't I use Vista's tools?
>
> Also, during my searches it seems that the Master Boot Record and Master
> File Table have been discussed as if they're one in the same, are they?
> Can fxmbr repair a Master File Table?
>
> Thanks,
> David
>