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Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install operating
system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to obtain the
appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home edition & WindowsXP
Professional editon?
Thx PeterT
 
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Peter Towning said:
Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install
operating system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to
obtain the appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home
edition & WindowsXP Professional editon?
Thx PeterT
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How to clean install XP.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Click on the link below, or copy and paste the link into the address box
if using the web based newsgroup.
For upgrading to XP Home or Pro, see the links below.
http://aumha.org/a/xpupgrad.htm
XP Upgrade
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_2kupgrade.asp
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sg_9xupgrade.asp
See the link below for steps on performing a Clean Install.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Known problems with XP upgrades.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/xpupgdissues.html
Known Problems with Clean installs.
http://www.labmice.net/WindowsXP/Install/installbugs.htm
Top 10 Reasons for Moving to Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/top10.asp
Why Windows XP Professional?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/whyupgrade/default.asp
Windows XP Professional Features
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/features.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/matrix.mspx
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Peter Towning said:
Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install operating
system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to obtain the
appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home edition & WindowsXP
Professional editon?
Thx PeterT
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What exactly are you trying to do, or what exactly
have you done so far? How does Win98 come into
this?
 
Peter Towning said:
Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install operating
system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to obtain the
appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home edition &
WindowsXP
Professional editon?
Thx PeterT
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This error message also occurs when more than one drive is configured as the
master on the same IDE channel!

Geoff@York
 
Peter said:
Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install
operating system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to
obtain the appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home
edition & WindowsXP Professional editon?
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Read here: " 'NTLDR is missing' error message when you install or upgrade
Windows XP over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314057
 
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If you are simply seeking a copy of 98 or 98SE, I'm sure you'd find
either/both on Amazon.com or eBay.com

I recently purchased Win XP Pro on eBay, and I've since seen 98 and
98SE there.

You can also buy XP Pro or XP Home on eBay or Amazon.com


Tallahassee
 
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What exactly are you trying to do, or what exactly
have you done so far? How does Win98 come into
this?
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I have tried on several occasions to install Windows XP Pro and it
failed, typically on older machines.

In each instance, I got the NTLDR error. When I started with
installing 98 FIRST, I didn't get the error.

98 evidently puts something on the hdd that Windows recognizes as
"NTLDR". I don't know what's going on beyond that, but it's my
philosophy that... "Hey, if it works!"

it works.


Tallahassee
 
Peter Towning said:
Receive error message NTLDR is missing whilst trying to install operating
system. Does anyone know where & could advise me of how to obtain the
appropriate startup disks for windows98 & windowsXP Home edition & WindowsXP
Professional editon?
Thx PeterT
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