" ntldr is missing" curing XP sp2 clean install

[Guest]

I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr
is missing". I have already tried copying:
d:\i386\ntldr c:\
d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

Any ideas?

 

[dobey]

I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr
is missing". I have already tried copying:
d:\i386\ntldr c:\
d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

Any ideas?

Maybe you should elaborate on exactly what you have done, and what you are
trying to do.

What exactly do you mean by "wiped"?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I wiped out my hard drive, starting fresh. Repeatedly getting error "ntldr
is missing". I have already tried copying:
d:\i386\ntldr c:\
d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

into the root directory but am told "access denied" on attempt.

Any ideas?

If you have wiped your hard disk then the proper
procedure to install WinXP is to boot off the WinXP
CD and to follow the prompts. There is no need to
copy anything. To boot off the CD, instruct your BIOS
to use the CD drive as its primary boot device.