NTLDR

[Audio_scifi]

I just replaced my Motherboard with the same board that came with my pc,
sent to me by my PC Co.,
Now when I try to put XP Home on my Raptor HD it say's (can't install
windows, NTLDR is missing.)
I tryed and Brand new XP Home cd and the OEM CD that came with the system,
The same thing happens.
Is there any thing I can do to get my O/S to install on my SATA Raptor HD
Alll the drives i have are working on the XP Home version I left on one of
my IDE drives, After I did a Repair on the install,,, after i changed the
MB.
Thanks for any Ideas

ABS Awesome 3300
Aspire Full Tower Case w/ Side Panel Window and 420W PS
AMD Athlon XP 2600+/333 FSB 512K Barton
2 of Geil Value Series 512MB PC-3200 DDR-400 184-Pin <--- 1 gig
XP Home sp-1
W.D. 200g 7200 rpm HD <----Back-Up Drive
W.D. 80g 7200 rpm HD <----Video Drive
W.D. 37g 10,000 rpm Raptor SATA HD <---O/S Drive
Samsung 160g SATA HD <---Music Drive
19" SamSung - SyncMaster 955DF
- Gigabyte GA-7N400-L nForce2 Ultra400 Dual Channel DDR <--Motherboard
- Albatron GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out <--------Videocard
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 24-bit Plat. & <----Soundcard
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Surround Speaker System

 

[Rich Barry]

Did you set the CDrom as first boot device in Bios?

 

[DL]

If yr saying yr trying to install on a sata drive you need to have sata
drivers on floppy and use the F6 option during the XP install, to 'install
third part drivers'

 

[Audio_scifi]

I did change the bio's to cd-rom for 1st boot, And I used the Floppy for
the Drivers after i do all that it ask's if you want to install windows I
select "Enter" to install thats when it say NTLDR is missing. All the
drives are formated to NTFS so it isn't that either, anything else you
guys can think of?

 

[DL]

Have you checked MS kb there are numerous ref to NTLDR is missing in winxp

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| I just replaced my Motherboard with the same board that came with my pc,
| sent to me by my PC Co.,
| Now when I try to put XP Home on my Raptor HD it say's (can't install
| windows, NTLDR is missing.)

You Receive an "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Start Your Computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=320397

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[Len]

I don't know about your specific motherboard but most I have run accross do
not require the SATA Raid drivers be installed when XP is being setup on a
single SATA HD. The added drivers for the F6 device is a controller not a
single drive.

I would suggest trying to install XP on your SATA drive without using the F6
option. Also in your CMOS if you have an option to activate or de-activate
the SATA Raid/Boot Rom make sure it is inactive.

Good Luck,
Len

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I just replaced my Motherboard with the same board that came with my pc,
sent to me by my PC Co.,
Now when I try to put XP Home on my Raptor HD it say's (can't install
windows, NTLDR is missing.)
I tryed and Brand new XP Home cd and the OEM CD that came with the system,
The same thing happens.
Is there any thing I can do to get my O/S to install on my SATA Raptor HD
Alll the drives i have are working on the XP Home version I left on one of
my IDE drives, After I did a Repair on the install,,, after i changed the
MB.
Thanks for any Ideas

ABS Awesome 3300
Aspire Full Tower Case w/ Side Panel Window and 420W PS
AMD Athlon XP 2600+/333 FSB 512K Barton
2 of Geil Value Series 512MB PC-3200 DDR-400 184-Pin <--- 1 gig
XP Home sp-1
W.D. 200g 7200 rpm HD <----Back-Up Drive
W.D. 80g 7200 rpm HD <----Video Drive
W.D. 37g 10,000 rpm Raptor SATA HD <---O/S Drive
Samsung 160g SATA HD <---Music Drive
19" SamSung - SyncMaster 955DF
- Gigabyte GA-7N400-L nForce2 Ultra400 Dual Channel DDR <--Motherboard
- Albatron GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out <-------- Videocard
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS 24-bit Plat. & <----Soundcard
Logitech Z-680 5.1 Surround Speaker System


.i dont know if this will help but my machine gave the

same error for a diferent reason so i copied NTLDR to my
boot disk i ran it once and the problem went away.