attempting motherboard change get "ntldr missing" message

[dennis]

I am attmepting to change motherboards on my system and
have followed the document 824125 - "How to replace the
motherboard on a w2000 computer".

After following the instructions, I switch to the new
motherboard, but get the message "NTLDR is missing".

Prior to this attempted conversion, the drive in question
was upgraded from windows98 and gives the startup option
of booting to DOS or Windows 2000 on startup.

If I boot the computer from an emergency dos disk, I find
that the NTLDR file is, in fact, present in the root
directory along with the boot.ini and the ntdetect.com
files.

Any ideas?

These are hidden files in the root directory

 

[Ralph Farmer [MSFT}]

There can be any number of reasons.
Create a boot disk:
On a windows 2000 or xp machine, format a floppy and copy
ntldr,ntdetect.com, and boot.ini to the floppy.
Edit the boot.ini to point to the partition that windows resides in (winnt)
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q301/6/80.ASP&NoWebContent=1
Ralph [MSFT]

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[Guest]

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