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'NTLDR is missing'
This is the first time I've ever seen this, so bear with me here. I thought I was finished making a new computer for my dad, and everything is going along nicely until this pops up. Basically this is what pops up:
'NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+ATL+DEL to restart' and the same thing happens at every restart? How exactly do I fix this? I don't exactly have a floppy drive to work with, just in case someone recommends flashing the BIOS. Most amazing jew boots The text is part of the image and the two squires aren't exactly even. |
make sure it's looking at the right drive when it starts up. my PC says that every time my 160GB hard disk is loaded from instead of my 74GB (usually happens after a BIOS reset).
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This really does sound like an outdated BIOS so you might need to get a floppy drive in the system one way or another. A simple fix you can try before that is to copy those files from the WindowsXP CD via the recovery console and to check the boot.ini file.
Boot from the WinXP CD, enter the Recovery Console when the option is given, then type: Code:
copy <cd-drive>:\i386\ntldr c:\ copy <cd-drive>:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ If that doesn't help, load up windows, and go to run and type: Code:
Edit c:\boot.ini Code:
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS Code:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP" /fastdetect Most amazing jew boots
Last edited by Cetra; Dec 6, 2006 at 12:32 AM.
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Do I do the Windows part on the afflicted computer or on another in order to make the floppy disk? Double Post: Damn, I tried it Cetra, and it apparently found NTLDR on the drive and as I was installing Windows I got an error that was basically: NTL_PARTS_NOT_EQUAL or something like that, and the installation shuts down to prevent damage to the computer. When I restart the computer, NTLDR is not found... once again. Someone told me to go to the recovery console and run CHKDSK and CHKDSK /p and it found 'one or more errors on the volume'. What do I do now? Does this mean the drive is bad? I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? The text is part of the image and the two squires aren't exactly even.
Last edited by Metal Sphere; Dec 6, 2006 at 06:44 PM.
Reason: Automerged additional post.
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This is sounding more and more like a BIOS issue. Is this a new computer with a new motherboard? CHKDSK finding errors is somewhat expected, though I don't think the drive is bad, rather something is corrupting the file system. One last thing you can try besides a BIOS update is to boot into windows safe mode, put the Windows XP cd in the drive it was originally installed from and go to Run and type: Code:
sfc /scannow I was speaking idiomatically. |
Missing Shell.dll Missing MRDX And after the installation continues, I get the full screen error with a swarm of 1s and 0s with intermittent Xs. It says this for both my bootleg XP Professional disc and the official XP Home Edition disc. After I reset the computer when this error comes up, it goes through POST and rams right into NTLDR again. I don't know exactly what's going on, but my attempted installations and their missing files seem to be screwing around with something.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? The text is part of the image and the two squires aren't exactly even. |
Yeah hold on to F8 after the system POST but before Windows starts to boot and a menu with the option to enter safe mode will come up.
Having those other missing files after another install seems strange though. Using new IDE ribbons and such with the disc drives? Almost seems like the data stream from the CD device is getting corrupted somehow. Double check the hard drive as well making sure the SATA cable is secure and also double check the required BIOS settings for the drive. Some motherboards do set the SATA channel to the second IDE channel for older OS support, but with the problems you are getting it seems the SATA channel isn't configured correctly and/or the drive isn't be recognized as the primary drive after an install which is screwing up the NTLDR file. FELIPE NO
Last edited by Cetra; Dec 7, 2006 at 03:39 AM.
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