missing "NTLDR"

[Ron Giordano]

I understand to how to use the microsoft article to fix
the problem. In the article, they make reference to
the "fixboot" command. I am familiar with MsDos but have
never used the fixboot command. Can you step me through
using this command to boot up xp in lieu of my
reinstalling the operation system.

[Leon]

"Ron Giordano" > wrote in message
...
> I understand to how to use the microsoft article to fix
> the problem. In the article, they make reference to
> the "fixboot" command. I am familiar with MsDos but have
> never used the fixboot command. Can you step me through
> using this command to boot up xp in lieu of my
> reinstalling the operation system.

See if this helps:

http://search.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?na=81&st=a&View=en-us&qu=fixboot+xp&qp=&qa=&qn=&c=&s=0

Leon

[Taurarian]

Possible cause is a damaged boot sector or a missing or corrupt ntldr or
ntdetect.com files. Use the COPY command to replace damaged files from the
Win XP CD.

Boot from the Win XP CD and enter the Recovery Console. At the Command
Prompt type the following ( "X" is your CD-Rom drive letter). Allow the
files to overwrite the old files
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:

A damaged Boot Sector can be repaired at the command prompt by typing
FIXBOOT and press Enter. Then answer "Y".

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b307654
How to use the Recovery Console

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314057
"NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Upgrade or Install Windows XP
Over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition


"Ron Giordano" > wrote in message
...
> I understand to how to use the microsoft article to fix
> the problem. In the article, they make reference to
> the "fixboot" command. I am familiar with MsDos but have
> never used the fixboot command. Can you step me through
> using this command to boot up xp in lieu of my
> reinstalling the operation system.