NTLDR is missing

[James]

my NTLDR has somehow got deleted (i think) and i need to
get a boot disk to restart it with the NTLDR ... (which
microsoft dont seem to have)

i have downloaded a so called "XP boot disk" but it is
4Mb!! you cant fit that on a floppy !!!?!

i have not upgraded my windows recently (i got XP when i
bought my computer) and i need it fixed.. fast.

so PLEASE help!!!

cheers

- James

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

my NTLDR has somehow got deleted (i think) and i need to
get a boot disk to restart it with the NTLDR ... (which
microsoft dont seem to have)

i have downloaded a so called "XP boot disk" but it is
4Mb!! you cant fit that on a floppy !!!?!

i have not upgraded my windows recently (i got XP when i
bought my computer) and i need it fixed.. fast.

so PLEASE help!!!

cheers

- James

In most cases, the message "ntldr is missing" means that
you left a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. Remove it
and all will be well!

If this is not the case then you can do this:

1. Format a floppy disk on some Win2000/XP PC.
2. Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD
to the floppy disk:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
3. Create a file a:\boot.ini like so:
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Now boot your problem machine with this floppy, then copy
ntldr from the floppy disk to c:\.

 

[James]

-----Original Message-----

my NTLDR has somehow got deleted (i think) and i need to
get a boot disk to restart it with the NTLDR ... (which
microsoft dont seem to have)

i have downloaded a so called "XP boot disk" but it is
4Mb!! you cant fit that on a floppy !!!?!

i have not upgraded my windows recently (i got XP when i
bought my computer) and i need it fixed.. fast.

so PLEASE help!!!

cheers

- James

In most cases, the message "ntldr is missing" means that
you left a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. Remove it
and all will be well!

If this is not the case then you can do this:

1. Format a floppy disk on some Win2000/XP PC.
2. Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD
to the floppy disk:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
3. Create a file a:\boot.ini like so:
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Now boot your problem machine with this floppy, then copy
ntldr from the floppy disk to c:\.



.

the XP profesional is not the same as the XP home edition
with the NTLDR thing is it? ... i dont have access to a XP
home computer. anything else i can do ? ... also i didnt
get the XP reinstall from the vendor that i brought it
from ,.... and they have "convenietly" gone out of
buissness... !!!

cheers

- James

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

-----Original Message-----

my NTLDR has somehow got deleted (i think) and i need to
get a boot disk to restart it with the NTLDR ... (which
microsoft dont seem to have)

i have downloaded a so called "XP boot disk" but it is
4Mb!! you cant fit that on a floppy !!!?!

i have not upgraded my windows recently (i got XP when i
bought my computer) and i need it fixed.. fast.

so PLEASE help!!!

cheers

- James

In most cases, the message "ntldr is missing" means that
you left a floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. Remove it
and all will be well!

If this is not the case then you can do this:

1. Format a floppy disk on some Win2000/XP PC.
2. Copy these files from the \i386 folder of your WinXP CD
to the floppy disk:
ntldr
ntdetect.com
3. Create a file a:\boot.ini like so:
[Boot Loader]
Timeout=3
Default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[Operating Systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect

Now boot your problem machine with this floppy, then copy
ntldr from the floppy disk to c:\.



.

the XP profesional is not the same as the XP home edition
with the NTLDR thing is it? ... i dont have access to a XP
home computer. anything else i can do ? ... also i didnt
get the XP reinstall from the vendor that i brought it
from ,.... and they have "convenietly" gone out of
buissness... !!!

cheers

- James

AFAIK, the boot files for all versions of WinXP are the
same.

Unless you have access to a WinXP CD, you're stuck.
I find it difficult to see how one could buy a PC without
also getting all the software media. After all, the PC
hardware is just an empty shell - it's the software that
makes it what it is!