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Hello all,
Im struggling with the infamous NTLDR is missing message. I was not able to
find my situation so after reading for a while I thought I would post. I dont
get why this is happening.
Here is my setup:
Two SATA drives, one 150GB (SATA1), and one 74GB (SATA2), plugged into the
same controller. I insert my WinXP SP2 DVD and boot, which triggered the
WinXP install routine. I install to the 74GB drive (SATA2), and install goes
well. Both drives have brand new partitions as a part of the install. Windows
assigns drive letter c: to the 150GB drive and d: to the 74GB drive, so when
booting into XP it is installed on the d: drive.
Here is whats happening:
Now that XP is installed it will not boot without the setup DVD in the
drive. If I try to boot with DVD ROM drive empty I get 'NTLDR is missing'. If
I place the setup disk back in the drive and boot I get the 'Press any key to
boot from CD.......' and I do not trigger a CD boot. The system then boots
right into XP.
I have re-run the setup disk and entered the recovery console to check the
boot.ini file (on the c: drive) which points to the right place (installation
on the d: drive) and bootcfg returns all correct info. All files appear to be
ok (no corruption). Also tried fixboot and fixmbr. None of these changed the
behavior.
I dont understand why having the disk in the drive makes a difference here.
I never trigger any action from the disk, yet having it there makes the
difference if my machine boots or not. Obviously I dont want to have to keep
the disk in there all the time just so my system will boot.
Any ideas?
Im struggling with the infamous NTLDR is missing message. I was not able to
find my situation so after reading for a while I thought I would post. I dont
get why this is happening.
Here is my setup:
Two SATA drives, one 150GB (SATA1), and one 74GB (SATA2), plugged into the
same controller. I insert my WinXP SP2 DVD and boot, which triggered the
WinXP install routine. I install to the 74GB drive (SATA2), and install goes
well. Both drives have brand new partitions as a part of the install. Windows
assigns drive letter c: to the 150GB drive and d: to the 74GB drive, so when
booting into XP it is installed on the d: drive.
Here is whats happening:
Now that XP is installed it will not boot without the setup DVD in the
drive. If I try to boot with DVD ROM drive empty I get 'NTLDR is missing'. If
I place the setup disk back in the drive and boot I get the 'Press any key to
boot from CD.......' and I do not trigger a CD boot. The system then boots
right into XP.
I have re-run the setup disk and entered the recovery console to check the
boot.ini file (on the c: drive) which points to the right place (installation
on the d: drive) and bootcfg returns all correct info. All files appear to be
ok (no corruption). Also tried fixboot and fixmbr. None of these changed the
behavior.
I dont understand why having the disk in the drive makes a difference here.
I never trigger any action from the disk, yet having it there makes the
difference if my machine boots or not. Obviously I dont want to have to keep
the disk in there all the time just so my system will boot.
Any ideas?