Jake
December 6th 03, 01:41 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Good Morning,
>
>My first problem is kind of strange. I wanted to install
a copy of XP
>Pro to a freshly formatted hard drive for another
computer. My main
>computer already had XP Pro on it. I installed the other
hard drive,
>started XP and formatted it. Then I booted from the XP
CD and
>installed another copy on the newly formatted hard
drive.
>
>After that I removed the hard drive with new XP on it
and installed it
>into the other computer. It tells me that the NTLDR
cannot be found.
>My problem is my main computer does not have a floppy
(if Icould find
>the NTLDR file on the Internet) to copy to a floppy.
>
>I can access the BIOS on the older computer but it will
not let me
>change the boot order. I wanted to do this so I could
run the repair
>from the XP CD. Is there a work around for this?
>
>The other problem is a minor one but irritating. I now
have the option
>to boot to two copies of XP. I then have to select one.
All this
>really does is slow down the boot process so it's a mino
problem.
>How can I get rid of that screen/option?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>.
>This website may be of help to you: CH000465: NTLDR is
missing
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
>Good Morning,
>
>My first problem is kind of strange. I wanted to install
a copy of XP
>Pro to a freshly formatted hard drive for another
computer. My main
>computer already had XP Pro on it. I installed the other
hard drive,
>started XP and formatted it. Then I booted from the XP
CD and
>installed another copy on the newly formatted hard
drive.
>
>After that I removed the hard drive with new XP on it
and installed it
>into the other computer. It tells me that the NTLDR
cannot be found.
>My problem is my main computer does not have a floppy
(if Icould find
>the NTLDR file on the Internet) to copy to a floppy.
>
>I can access the BIOS on the older computer but it will
not let me
>change the boot order. I wanted to do this so I could
run the repair
>from the XP CD. Is there a work around for this?
>
>The other problem is a minor one but irritating. I now
have the option
>to boot to two copies of XP. I then have to select one.
All this
>really does is slow down the boot process so it's a mino
problem.
>How can I get rid of that screen/option?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>.
>This website may be of help to you: CH000465: NTLDR is
missing
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm