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Gabriel Toro
Hi,
A script I was writing accidentally created a large number of files (more
than 10,000 of them, with names no_1.txt, no_2.txt, etc.) in the root
directory of my C: drive. When I tried to reboot, I got the message: "NTLDR
is missing", and I cannot boot the computer (a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop).
This problem is described by MS in their KB article Q329397, where they
suggest that you obtain and run a file named BCUPDATE2.EXE.
I was able to load the XP recovery console, and I can see that everything is
there (NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, the 10,000+ files, etc.)
I will try to get BCUPDATE2.EXE tomorrow from MS, but I have a number of
other questions:
1. I would like to delete the 10,000 files I accidentally created (will
this solve the problem?) but the recovery console does not let me use
wildcards. I created (in another computer) a batch file to delete these
files, but I can't copy the batch file to the problem computer. Can't eject
the cd cannot read from network, cannot read from USB memory stick. Any
suggestions.
2. Once I get BCUPDATE2.EXe from MS, I am going to have the same problem.
How a I going to copy BCUPDATE2.EXE to the hard drive of the problem
computer? (and I am not sure whether it can execute external commands)
3. Because I upgraded to XP SP2, BCUPDATE2.EXE may already be in some
sub-directory of my computer, but it is difficult to find it because the
recovery console does not search across directories.
4. The MS article suggests a work-around by creating a boot diskette. My
computer does not have a diskette drive, but I would like to create a boot
CD-ROM. Is this possible? How do I do it? To make matters worse, this
laptop has trouble booting from the cdrom. It works one time in 50 tries
(the other 49 times, it seems to ignore the "boot from cdrom" instruction
given while booting.
I would appreciate any suggestions. this is driving me mad!
thanks,
Gabriel
A script I was writing accidentally created a large number of files (more
than 10,000 of them, with names no_1.txt, no_2.txt, etc.) in the root
directory of my C: drive. When I tried to reboot, I got the message: "NTLDR
is missing", and I cannot boot the computer (a Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop).
This problem is described by MS in their KB article Q329397, where they
suggest that you obtain and run a file named BCUPDATE2.EXE.
I was able to load the XP recovery console, and I can see that everything is
there (NTLDR, NTDETECT.COM, the 10,000+ files, etc.)
I will try to get BCUPDATE2.EXE tomorrow from MS, but I have a number of
other questions:
1. I would like to delete the 10,000 files I accidentally created (will
this solve the problem?) but the recovery console does not let me use
wildcards. I created (in another computer) a batch file to delete these
files, but I can't copy the batch file to the problem computer. Can't eject
the cd cannot read from network, cannot read from USB memory stick. Any
suggestions.
2. Once I get BCUPDATE2.EXe from MS, I am going to have the same problem.
How a I going to copy BCUPDATE2.EXE to the hard drive of the problem
computer? (and I am not sure whether it can execute external commands)
3. Because I upgraded to XP SP2, BCUPDATE2.EXE may already be in some
sub-directory of my computer, but it is difficult to find it because the
recovery console does not search across directories.
4. The MS article suggests a work-around by creating a boot diskette. My
computer does not have a diskette drive, but I would like to create a boot
CD-ROM. Is this possible? How do I do it? To make matters worse, this
laptop has trouble booting from the cdrom. It works one time in 50 tries
(the other 49 times, it seems to ignore the "boot from cdrom" instruction
given while booting.
I would appreciate any suggestions. this is driving me mad!
thanks,
Gabriel