Re: NTLDR missing

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ok, then let's move forward. dld ultimate boot cd
http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/; run the disk diagnostic tools and run mbrtool
to check/rebuild mbr.
then use dos navigator to ensure that the ntldr, boot ini, ntdetect.com are
there.

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Marian Gutu

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"Jeff Boehm" <JeffBoehm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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What I did was copy the boot.ini from the floppy that I was using to the
root
of C: to see if there might be a problem with the existing boot.ini. This
did
not help.

Already tried replacing the files from the CD.

"Marian Gutu" wrote:


check if the boot.ini file is missing as well. If the boot.ini file is
missing or damaged, create a new one using notpad and then copy the
boot.ini
file to c:\ (use a floppy: copy a:\boot.ini c:\)
to repair ntldr missing error restart the computer, use the windows CD,
press R, for repair, press C to repair by using recovery console, enter
admin pass, type "copy CDdriveletter:\i386\ntldr c:\ [enter], copy
CDdriveletter:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\ [enter]
the end ;)
hope that helps, let us know
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Marian Gutu

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"Jeff Boehm" <JeffBoehm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm getting a soft forehead because of this one....

XP Pro SP2 laptop. User boots machine and gets the "NTLDR is missing"
error.
Boot with floppy and check out boot.ini, all looks well. Reboot w/out
floppy
and get the same "missing" error. Ran chkdsk, it found and repaired
errors.
Reboot, same "missing" error. Booted into Recovery Console, ran FIXBOOT
and
FIXMBR, no change - still get error. Copied NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from
XP
CD, no change. If I boot from the floppy it boots just fine and the
system
runs great. If I boot with the XP CD in the drive and skip "Press any
key
to
boot from CD" it boots just fine. (huh?) Yep, it boots just fine.

Found a KB article about the MFT being messed up and ran bcupdate2.exe,
it
says everything is fine.

Looking for suggestions.





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