Missing NTLDR

[Rob Thomson]

I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive on my
second PC (It has become a spare machine and I wanted to
do a clean install)
To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the drive
as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full format
(Both Machines run XP Pro)
I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a message on
boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I do
that, I get back to the same prompt message.
I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP CD -
but this isn't happening either.
HELP please

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the drive, what'd you
expect? You may need to check the system boot order in the BIOS, sounds like
you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard drive. Incidentally,
there was no reason to have removed the drive and formatted it in another
system, you could have done this as part of setup in the new installation.

As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support and run the winnt.exe
file from the I386 folder. This will start the installer as well.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Rob Thomson" > wrote in message
...
> I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive on my
> second PC (It has become a spare machine and I wanted to
> do a clean install)
> To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the drive
> as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full format
> (Both Machines run XP Pro)
> I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a message on
> boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I do
> that, I get back to the same prompt message.
> I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP CD -
> but this isn't happening either.
> HELP please

[Paul T]

Good Luck Rob,
If you find a cure for this let me know for I've dealt with this message
for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my HD and ran a dual boot
with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well after getting rid of the
partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get that message. I do not
get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I tried juggling the boot
up order in my bios with every conceivable combination but it hasn't made a
difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..


"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the drive, what'd you
> expect? You may need to check the system boot order in the BIOS, sounds
like
> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard drive. Incidentally,
> there was no reason to have removed the drive and formatted it in another
> system, you could have done this as part of setup in the new installation.
>
> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support and run the
winnt.exe
> file from the I386 folder. This will start the installer as well.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive on my
> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I wanted to
> > do a clean install)
> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the drive
> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full format
> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a message on
> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I do
> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
> > I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP CD -
> > but this isn't happening either.
> > HELP please
>
>

[bert]

hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get yourself
a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with cdrom
support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
will come back to you: system transferred or something
like that...now take out the floppy, put in your install
cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
>-----Original Message-----
>Good Luck Rob,
> If you find a cure for this let me know for I've dealt
with this message
>for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my HD
and ran a dual boot
>with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well after
getting rid of the
>partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get that
message. I do not
>get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I tried
juggling the boot
>up order in my bios with every conceivable combination
but it hasn't made a
>difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
>
>
>"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the
drive, what'd you
>> expect? You may need to check the system boot order in
the BIOS, sounds
>like
>> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard
drive. Incidentally,
>> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
formatted it in another
>> system, you could have done this as part of setup in
the new installation.
>>
>> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support
and run the
>winnt.exe
>> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
installer as well.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive
on my
>> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
wanted to
>> > do a clean install)
>> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
drive
>> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
format
>> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
>> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
message on
>> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I
do
>> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
>> > I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP
CD -
>> > but this isn't happening either.
>> > HELP please
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Paul T]

Sounds simple enough but I no longer have my 98 start up disk or my old Win
98 OS disk....

"bert" > wrote in message
...
> hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get yourself
> a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with cdrom
> support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
> then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
> will come back to you: system transferred or something
> like that...now take out the floppy, put in your install
> cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Good Luck Rob,
> > If you find a cure for this let me know for I've dealt
> with this message
> >for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my HD
> and ran a dual boot
> >with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well after
> getting rid of the
> >partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get that
> message. I do not
> >get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I tried
> juggling the boot
> >up order in my bios with every conceivable combination
> but it hasn't made a
> >difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
> >
> >
> >"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the
> drive, what'd you
> >> expect? You may need to check the system boot order in
> the BIOS, sounds
> >like
> >> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard
> drive. Incidentally,
> >> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
> formatted it in another
> >> system, you could have done this as part of setup in
> the new installation.
> >>
> >> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support
> and run the
> >winnt.exe
> >> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
> installer as well.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>
> >> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
> message
> >> ...
> >> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive
> on my
> >> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
> wanted to
> >> > do a clean install)
> >> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
> drive
> >> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
> format
> >> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
> >> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
> message on
> >> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I
> do
> >> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
> >> > I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP
> CD -
> >> > but this isn't happening either.
> >> > HELP please
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Um,

That writes 9x boot code - sure wouldn't help with a WinXP system. As a
matter of fact, doing that to a bootable WinXP system would render it
unbootable.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"bert" > wrote in message
...
> hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get yourself
> a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with cdrom
> support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
> then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
> will come back to you: system transferred or something
> like that...now take out the floppy, put in your install
> cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Good Luck Rob,
> > If you find a cure for this let me know for I've dealt
> with this message
> >for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my HD
> and ran a dual boot
> >with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well after
> getting rid of the
> >partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get that
> message. I do not
> >get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I tried
> juggling the boot
> >up order in my bios with every conceivable combination
> but it hasn't made a
> >difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
> >
> >
> >"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the
> drive, what'd you
> >> expect? You may need to check the system boot order in
> the BIOS, sounds
> >like
> >> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard
> drive. Incidentally,
> >> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
> formatted it in another
> >> system, you could have done this as part of setup in
> the new installation.
> >>
> >> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support
> and run the
> >winnt.exe
> >> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
> installer as well.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Best of Luck,
> >>
> >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>
> >> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
> message
> >> ...
> >> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive
> on my
> >> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
> wanted to
> >> > do a clean install)
> >> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
> drive
> >> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
> format
> >> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
> >> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
> message on
> >> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I
> do
> >> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
> >> > I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP
> CD -
> >> > but this isn't happening either.
> >> > HELP please
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[CS]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:44:19 -0500, "Paul T" >
wrote:

www.bootdisk.com

>Sounds simple enough but I no longer have my 98 start up disk or my old Win
>98 OS disk....
>
>"bert" > wrote in message
...
>> hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get yourself
>> a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with cdrom
>> support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
>> then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
>> will come back to you: system transferred or something
>> like that...now take out the floppy, put in your install
>> cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Good Luck Rob,
>> > If you find a cure for this let me know for I've dealt
>> with this message
>> >for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my HD
>> and ran a dual boot
>> >with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well after
>> getting rid of the
>> >partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get that
>> message. I do not
>> >get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I tried
>> juggling the boot
>> >up order in my bios with every conceivable combination
>> but it hasn't made a
>> >difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
>> >
>> >
>> >"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted the
>> drive, what'd you
>> >> expect? You may need to check the system boot order in
>> the BIOS, sounds
>> >like
>> >> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the hard
>> drive. Incidentally,
>> >> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
>> formatted it in another
>> >> system, you could have done this as part of setup in
>> the new installation.
>> >>
>> >> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD support
>> and run the
>> >winnt.exe
>> >> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
>> installer as well.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>> >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
>> message
>> >> ...
>> >> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard drive
>> on my
>> >> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
>> wanted to
>> >> > do a clean install)
>> >> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
>> drive
>> >> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
>> format
>> >> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
>> >> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
>> message on
>> >> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'. If I
>> do
>> >> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
>> >> > I would have expected to be able to boot from the XP
>> CD -
>> >> > but this isn't happening either.
>> >> > HELP please
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>

[Rob Thomson]

Think there must be more wrong.
I found an old Win98 boot up disk and got the PC started
with CD support. I then formatted the drive. However,
despite setting the system to boot from the CD, it is
refusing to.
I will not be defeated.
Paul, I have tried emailing you directly, but the mails
just get returned.

>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:44:19 -0500, "Paul T"
>
>wrote:
>
>www.bootdisk.com
>
>>Sounds simple enough but I no longer have my 98 start
up disk or my old Win
>>98 OS disk....
>>
>>"bert" > wrote in
message
...
>>> hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get
yourself
>>> a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with
cdrom
>>> support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
>>> then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
>>> will come back to you: system transferred or something
>>> like that...now take out the floppy, put in your
install
>>> cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >Good Luck Rob,
>>> > If you find a cure for this let me know for I've
dealt
>>> with this message
>>> >for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my
HD
>>> and ran a dual boot
>>> >with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well
after
>>> getting rid of the
>>> >partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get
that
>>> message. I do not
>>> >get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I
tried
>>> juggling the boot
>>> >up order in my bios with every conceivable
combination
>>> but it hasn't made a
>>> >difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in
message
>>> ...
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted
the
>>> drive, what'd you
>>> >> expect? You may need to check the system boot
order in
>>> the BIOS, sounds
>>> >like
>>> >> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the
hard
>>> drive. Incidentally,
>>> >> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
>>> formatted it in another
>>> >> system, you could have done this as part of setup
in
>>> the new installation.
>>> >>
>>> >> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD
support
>>> and run the
>>> >winnt.exe
>>> >> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
>>> installer as well.
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Best of Luck,
>>> >>
>>> >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>>> >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other
hobby!
>>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>>> >>
>>> >> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
>>> message
>>> >> ...
>>> >> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard
drive
>>> on my
>>> >> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
>>> wanted to
>>> >> > do a clean install)
>>> >> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
>>> drive
>>> >> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
>>> format
>>> >> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
>>> >> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
>>> message on
>>> >> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'.
If I
>>> do
>>> >> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
>>> >> > I would have expected to be able to boot from
the XP
>>> CD -
>>> >> > but this isn't happening either.
>>> >> > HELP please
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >.
>>> >
>>
>
>.
>

[Paul T]

Sorry Rob, seems I haven't used that account for so long it expired... I am
using now so if you have a cure for the NTLDR problem
please forward it to me


"Rob Thomson" > wrote in message
...
> Think there must be more wrong.
> I found an old Win98 boot up disk and got the PC started
> with CD support. I then formatted the drive. However,
> despite setting the system to boot from the CD, it is
> refusing to.
> I will not be defeated.
> Paul, I have tried emailing you directly, but the mails
> just get returned.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:44:19 -0500, "Paul T"
> >
> >wrote:
> >
> >www.bootdisk.com
> >
> >>Sounds simple enough but I no longer have my 98 start
> up disk or my old Win
> >>98 OS disk....
> >>
> >>"bert" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >>> hey guys, here's your cure...really simple...get
> yourself
> >>> a windows98 startup disk, and boot up with it, with
> cdrom
> >>> support if you want, until you get to the a:\> prompt.
> >>> then type in "sys c:"(without the quotes). a message
> >>> will come back to you: system transferred or something
> >>> like that...now take out the floppy, put in your
> install
> >>> cd, restart your comp, and call me in the morning :-)
> >>> >-----Original Message-----
> >>> >Good Luck Rob,
> >>> > If you find a cure for this let me know for I've
> dealt
> >>> with this message
> >>> >for 2 years now.. Mine started when I partitioned my
> HD
> >>> and ran a dual boot
> >>> >with XP pro and Win98 to see if I liked XP.. Well
> after
> >>> getting rid of the
> >>> >partition and reinstalling XP Pro I started to get
> that
> >>> message. I do not
> >>> >get it on a cold boot but on 60% of my reboots,, I
> tried
> >>> juggling the boot
> >>> >up order in my bios with every conceivable
> combination
> >>> but it hasn't made a
> >>> >difference.. If you find a cure please let me know..
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" > wrote in
> message
> >>> ...
> >>> >> Hi,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Well, of course NTLDR is missing - you formatted
> the
> >>> drive, what'd you
> >>> >> expect? You may need to check the system boot
> order in
> >>> the BIOS, sounds
> >>> >like
> >>> >> you may need to set it to boot the CD before the
> hard
> >>> drive. Incidentally,
> >>> >> there was no reason to have removed the drive and
> >>> formatted it in another
> >>> >> system, you could have done this as part of setup
> in
> >>> the new installation.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> As a workaround, boot a 9x boot floppy, add CD
> support
> >>> and run the
> >>> >winnt.exe
> >>> >> file from the I386 folder. This will start the
> >>> installer as well.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Best of Luck,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >>> >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other
> hobby!
> >>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >>> >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >>> >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "Rob Thomson" > wrote in
> >>> message
> >>> >> ...
> >>> >> > I decided that I wanted to re-format the hard
> drive
> >>> on my
> >>> >> > second PC (It has become a spare machine and I
> >>> wanted to
> >>> >> > do a clean install)
> >>> >> > To format it completely, I temporarily fitted the
> >>> drive
> >>> >> > as a slave in my main PC and carried out a full
> >>> format
> >>> >> > (Both Machines run XP Pro)
> >>> >> > I have now refitted the hard drive, and get a
> >>> message on
> >>> >> > boot up 'Missing NTLDR Hit Ctrl, Alt and Del'.
> If I
> >>> do
> >>> >> > that, I get back to the same prompt message.
> >>> >> > I would have expected to be able to boot from
> the XP
> >>> CD -
> >>> >> > but this isn't happening either.
> >>> >> > HELP please
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >.
> >>> >
> >>
> >
> >.
> >

[NobodyMan]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:05:28 -0800, "Rob Thomson"
> wrote:

>Think there must be more wrong.
>I found an old Win98 boot up disk and got the PC started
>with CD support. I then formatted the drive. However,
>despite setting the system to boot from the CD, it is
>refusing to.
>I will not be defeated.
>Paul, I have tried emailing you directly, but the mails
>just get returned.

Is the CD you are using an original silver or a CDR copy? If it's a
copy, it may have been made via a directory rip, which would not be
bootable.

The only way to get a bootable copy of a bootable CD is to make and
burn an "image" of the cd. Directory rips don't do this.

[Rob Thomson]

The problems with my own PC seem to be deeper than just a
WinXP issue.

I could not get WinXP to load from the CD (could not get
the PC to boot from the CD) so I eventually resorted to
plugging it as the main HD on my main PC and rebuilding
it from there - which worked perfectly.

I have now installed that drive back into my second PC
where it doesn't work. As it boots, I get the screen
asking whether I want to start Win in Safe Mode etc. If I
start in safe, I get the DOS screen with scripts that run
to some of the drivers and it then locks up. If I start
it in Normal state, it runs the scan disk bar across the
bottom of the screen and then locks. The countdown timer
sticks at 26 seconds.

I am now really lost - I may have to resort to paying
someone to look at it (none of my IT support friends can
give me any ideas). I have tried swapping RAM, but am
wondering if I had some sort of virus hit the Bios. I am
not sure if I could reflash the Bios from floppy (I am
not that clever).

>-----Original Message-----
>On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:05:28 -0800, "Rob Thomson"
> wrote:
>
>>Think there must be more wrong.
>>I found an old Win98 boot up disk and got the PC
started
>>with CD support. I then formatted the drive. However,
>>despite setting the system to boot from the CD, it is
>>refusing to.
>>I will not be defeated.
>>Paul, I have tried emailing you directly, but the mails
>>just get returned.
>
>Is the CD you are using an original silver or a CDR
copy? If it's a
>copy, it may have been made via a directory rip, which
would not be
>bootable.
>
>The only way to get a bootable copy of a bootable CD is
to make and
>burn an "image" of the cd. Directory rips don't do this.
>
>.
>

[Kelly]

Hi Rob,

You will have major problems, especially since you can't remove the enum
folder in XP like you could in Win98.

NTLDR is Missing.....: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


"Rob Thomson" > wrote in message
...
> The problems with my own PC seem to be deeper than just a
> WinXP issue.
>
> I could not get WinXP to load from the CD (could not get
> the PC to boot from the CD) so I eventually resorted to
> plugging it as the main HD on my main PC and rebuilding
> it from there - which worked perfectly.
>
> I have now installed that drive back into my second PC
> where it doesn't work. As it boots, I get the screen
> asking whether I want to start Win in Safe Mode etc. If I
> start in safe, I get the DOS screen with scripts that run
> to some of the drivers and it then locks up. If I start
> it in Normal state, it runs the scan disk bar across the
> bottom of the screen and then locks. The countdown timer
> sticks at 26 seconds.
>
> I am now really lost - I may have to resort to paying
> someone to look at it (none of my IT support friends can
> give me any ideas). I have tried swapping RAM, but am
> wondering if I had some sort of virus hit the Bios. I am
> not sure if I could reflash the Bios from floppy (I am
> not that clever).
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:05:28 -0800, "Rob Thomson"
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Think there must be more wrong.
> >>I found an old Win98 boot up disk and got the PC
> started
> >>with CD support. I then formatted the drive. However,
> >>despite setting the system to boot from the CD, it is
> >>refusing to.
> >>I will not be defeated.
> >>Paul, I have tried emailing you directly, but the mails
> >>just get returned.
> >
> >Is the CD you are using an original silver or a CDR
> copy? If it's a
> >copy, it may have been made via a directory rip, which
> would not be
> >bootable.
> >
> >The only way to get a bootable copy of a bootable CD is
> to make and
> >burn an "image" of the cd. Directory rips don't do this.
> >
> >.
> >