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ntldr is missing
Hi,
I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks |
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bob wrote:
Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks We need more information. Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that you need to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the Recovery Console option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see? Perhaps this page can help: http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/ Do you not see a screen similar to this one?: http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif |
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bob wrote:
Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks Microsoft knowledge base has article(s) on how to fix. http://support.microsoft.com/search/... D1033&mode=r |
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Bios is setup to boot from harddisk already. When I boot from installation disk, it just show me the option to install the Windows into which partition. thanks again "Daave" bl... bob wrote: Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks We need more information. Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that you need to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the Recovery Console option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see? Perhaps this page can help: http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/ Do you not see a screen similar to this one?: http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif |
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Grab this archive and create the bootable USB:
XP_Emergency_Boot_Loader_on_USB.zip 526 KB http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ymnnz3ytzfe When your desktop loads, copy the file "ntldr" on the USB to the Windows drive (C:\). ju.c "bob" wrote in message ... Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks |
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I asked you to indicate *exactly* what you see. You haven't done that!
Just humor me, follow my directions, and write down all the text you see and include it in your next post. It sounds like what you are referring to (but I can't be sure since you didn't tell me exactly!) is this screen: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...ges/Image6.gif But as you can see from this guide, there are a few screens before this one: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...exfullpage.htm The only way to get the screen I think you are describing is to hit the Enter key while you are in this screen: http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winx...ges/Image4.gif Instead, you need to press the R key in order "[t]o repair a Windows installation using Recovery Console." If there is something truly wrong with your XP installation CD, you may download an .iso to create a special boot up CD that only contains the Recovery Console: http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso bob wrote: Bios is setup to boot from harddisk already. When I boot from installation disk, it just show me the option to install the Windows into which partition. thanks again "Daave" bl... bob wrote: Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks We need more information. Did you indeed boot off the XP installation CD? Keep in mind that you need to configure the BIOS to do just this. You also said the Recovery Console option is not listed. What exactly *do* you see? Perhaps this page can help: http://www.hmtech.ca/windows-boot-loops/ Do you not see a screen similar to this one?: http://www.hmtech.ca/blog/wp-content...xprecovery.gif |
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http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320397/en-us -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "bob" wrote in message ... Hi, I can only boot into XP by boot from CD first. If I boot up from harddisk I get "NTLDR is missing" No "Recovery Console" option is found when I try to boot the the XP installation CD for me to fix the mbr issue. Any advice ? thanks |
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