NT Loader fail

M

Maizh

i want to install winXP pro from hard disk. I copied all
files in i386 in WinXP cd to hdd with same folder name.
Then I boot with the win98 cd and enter in d drive i386
folder and typed WINNT to start install. It copies the
file during installation and after first reboot it says NT
loader fail. what's the problem? any ideas?
 
R

Rich Barry

Did you copy the boot loader files onto the hard drive? Should be
boot.ini, ntldr, ntdetect.com, bootsect.dos and cmldr.
 

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