ntldr is missing error

[Bob Rothrock]

I am a technician working for a small computer firm. We
use a secondary program to copy hard drives from one drive
to another. Neither drive is native to the machine we are
using, if that os any help. Once the drive is copied and
the drive that has been copied to is put back in the
machine, it displays the error "NTLDR is missing". I have
tried everything from replacing the files ntldr and
ntdetect.com to the c drive straight from the cd to running
the fixboot command in the recovery console. Does anyone
have any other suggestions. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

remove the floppy from the drive. fine . ok .have a nicer day.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am a technician working for a small computer firm. We
>use a secondary program to copy hard drives from one drive
>to another. Neither drive is native to the machine we are
>using, if that os any help. Once the drive is copied and
>the drive that has been copied to is put back in the
>machine, it displays the error "NTLDR is missing". I have
>tried everything from replacing the files ntldr and
>ntdetect.com to the c drive straight from the cd to running
>the fixboot command in the recovery console. Does anyone
>have any other suggestions. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.
>.
>

[Nictu]

If you cant help dont type anything.
>-----Original Message-----
>remove the floppy from the drive. fine . ok .have a nicer day.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am a technician working for a small computer firm. We
>>use a secondary program to copy hard drives from one drive
>>to another. Neither drive is native to the machine we are
>>using, if that os any help. Once the drive is copied and
>>the drive that has been copied to is put back in the
>>machine, it displays the error "NTLDR is missing". I have
>>tried everything from replacing the files ntldr and
>>ntdetect.com to the c drive straight from the cd to running
>>the fixboot command in the recovery console. Does anyone
>>have any other suggestions. Any help would be greatly
>>appreciated.
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Ron Martell]

"Bob Rothrock" > wrote:

>I am a technician working for a small computer firm. We
>use a secondary program to copy hard drives from one drive
>to another. Neither drive is native to the machine we are
>using, if that os any help. Once the drive is copied and
>the drive that has been copied to is put back in the
>machine, it displays the error "NTLDR is missing". I have
>tried everything from replacing the files ntldr and
>ntdetect.com to the c drive straight from the cd to running
>the fixboot command in the recovery console. Does anyone
>have any other suggestions. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated.

1. Make certain that there is no diskette in drive A:.

2. Boot the computer from the Windows XP CDROM. Choose the Repair
(Recovery Console) option from the bootup options. When the computer
has finished loading the recovery console enter the following command:

FIXBOOT

Remove the CD and reboot the computer.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

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