NTLDR is missing after ghosting
From: Ken Stapleton (ken_remove_from_underscore_to_underscore_.stapleton_at_wwlnws.com)
Date: 12/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:32:03 -0600
Hello,
Situation:
Windows XP Pro, SP1. Ghosted from a 30Gig drive to a 60Gig drive.
Everything went well. When I attempted to boot from the 60Gig drive, the
system failed giving a "NTLDR is missing" error. After a tremendous amount
of troubleshooting, repeated attempts to ghost (with switches to ghost that
no longer appear to be valid, etc.), copying the ntldr and ntdetect.com
files from the CD in the recovery console, using fixboot, fixmbr, and
bootcfg functions of the recovery console, and reading a couple of articles
in Microsoft's KB, I have come to the conclusion that the ntldr and
ntdetect.com files have probably been written beyond the 2Gig limit.
Has anyone come across a utility, hack, black magic incantation, or anything
else which might resolve this problem? I am currently using a boot floppy
to boot off of the 60Gig HDD since I really need the space.
TIA,
Ken
P.S. The machine is an IBM Thinkpad A31p. I have read similar posts from
people using Thinkpads, I have just not encountered any solutions yet.
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