M
Mr. Hand
I'm trying to install Windows XP Home (Full Version) on a
new system that I've recently built but when I try to
boot using the WinXP CD disc I get an error "CDBOOT:
Couldn't Find NTLDR".
Here are some FACTS:
1. My system is a Shuttle XPS SS51G (small form factor)
circa 2002. The components in the PC are a 2.4 GHz
Pentium 4, Samsung 160 GB hard drive, HP CD Writer (CD-
RW) drive, NO 3.5" Floppy, integrated VGA, integrated
Audio.
2. Yes, the BIOS is configured to be the first boot
device followed by the HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
3. I can successfully boot from a CD-R based MS-DOS boot
disk (created using Roxio Easy CD Creator 6, File | New
Project | Bootable Disc). I can also boot using a Norton
Ghost boot disk (which is basically a PC-DOS boot disk
with GHOST.EXE on it, also converted to a bootable CD).
4. I have tried several options with my hard drive
(Sumsung SpinPoint SP1604N OEM drive, 160 GB) before
trying to boot my PC with the WinXP CD:
(a) Left it as it was from the manufacturer,
(b) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a
single 160GB primary partion with FAT32 format,
(c) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a ~30
GB partion with FAT32 format,
(d) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a ~30
GB partion with no FORMATing,
(e) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to wipe the disk
completely clean including all partions, partition table,
formatting, MBR (Master Boot Record), all used and unused
space.
All of these options still resulted in the can't find
NTLDR message.
From what I have dug up from Microsoft's web site and
other Newsgroups, the Windows XP CD should be able to
boot up and then perform all of the necessary formatting
of the hard drive (and partitioning???). So, this would
lead me to believe that I can leave the HDD as is and
then use the CD to do the partitioning and formatting of
the disc, but I can't get past the "CDBOOT: Couldn't Find
NTLDR" error message! I did find some POSTS of this same
problem but didn't see any resolution for it. One post
instructed you to copy the NTLR file from a working
Windows XP system to "C:\" on the new PC and then try
using the Win XP boot disc but that didn't work either.
Any help with this problem would be appreciated!
-Thanks in advance to any replies
(e-mail address removed)
new system that I've recently built but when I try to
boot using the WinXP CD disc I get an error "CDBOOT:
Couldn't Find NTLDR".
Here are some FACTS:
1. My system is a Shuttle XPS SS51G (small form factor)
circa 2002. The components in the PC are a 2.4 GHz
Pentium 4, Samsung 160 GB hard drive, HP CD Writer (CD-
RW) drive, NO 3.5" Floppy, integrated VGA, integrated
Audio.
2. Yes, the BIOS is configured to be the first boot
device followed by the HDD (Hard Disk Drive).
3. I can successfully boot from a CD-R based MS-DOS boot
disk (created using Roxio Easy CD Creator 6, File | New
Project | Bootable Disc). I can also boot using a Norton
Ghost boot disk (which is basically a PC-DOS boot disk
with GHOST.EXE on it, also converted to a bootable CD).
4. I have tried several options with my hard drive
(Sumsung SpinPoint SP1604N OEM drive, 160 GB) before
trying to boot my PC with the WinXP CD:
(a) Left it as it was from the manufacturer,
(b) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a
single 160GB primary partion with FAT32 format,
(c) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a ~30
GB partion with FAT32 format,
(d) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to create a ~30
GB partion with no FORMATing,
(e) Used the Norton Ghost utility GDISK to wipe the disk
completely clean including all partions, partition table,
formatting, MBR (Master Boot Record), all used and unused
space.
All of these options still resulted in the can't find
NTLDR message.
From what I have dug up from Microsoft's web site and
other Newsgroups, the Windows XP CD should be able to
boot up and then perform all of the necessary formatting
of the hard drive (and partitioning???). So, this would
lead me to believe that I can leave the HDD as is and
then use the CD to do the partitioning and formatting of
the disc, but I can't get past the "CDBOOT: Couldn't Find
NTLDR" error message! I did find some POSTS of this same
problem but didn't see any resolution for it. One post
instructed you to copy the NTLR file from a working
Windows XP system to "C:\" on the new PC and then try
using the Win XP boot disc but that didn't work either.
Any help with this problem would be appreciated!
-Thanks in advance to any replies
(e-mail address removed)