NTLDR is missing

[Mike C]

I read all about it. Wrong clone with a XP over 98.
What do I do now. I cannot make the disk. I do not know
where the setup disk is correct the problem. Any help
please.
Thanks
M

[Harry Ohrn]

If XP won't start it may be due to a damaged boot sector or a missing or
corrupt ntldr or ntdetect.com files.
To replace damaged ntldr and ntdetect.com you can copy fresh files from the
XP CD using the COPY command. Boot with the XP CD and enter the Recovery
Console (press "R" at first screen and likely just press Enter Key to
provide a blank password)

At the Command Prompt type the following (where "X" is your CD-Rom drive
letter) allowing the files to overwrite the old files
COPY X:\i386\NTLDR C:
COPY X:\i386\NTDETECT.COM C:

To repair a damaged Boot Sector at the command prompt type FIXBOOT and press
Enter. Then answer "Y"


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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Mike C" > wrote in message
...
> I read all about it. Wrong clone with a XP over 98.
> What do I do now. I cannot make the disk. I do not know
> where the setup disk is correct the problem. Any help
> please.
> Thanks
> M