Re: NTLDR error

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From: Eric G (EricG_at_ether.net)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:32:27 GMT

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:39:34 -0500, "*Vanguard*"
<reply-to-newsgroup@do-not-email.invalid> wrote:

>Eric G said in news:40ee305b.11550540@news1.on.sympatico.ca:
>> Can't boot my notebook.
>> Getting "NTLDR is missing."
>> Can boot to a floppy or CD but that's it.
><snip - repeat post>
>
>When posting the same question across multipe newsgroups, CROSS-POST! =
>Specify each newsgroup in the To header so the same post appears in =
>each. This saves bandwidth and disk space by using a pointer in each =
>newsgroup to the same message instead of wasting bandwidth and disk =
>space with duplicate same-content posts. Do NOT multipost. Cross-post, =
>please. Thanks.
>
>See replies to your other multipost in =
>microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support. =20
>
>I think someone already mentioned about doing an in-place upgrade (i.e., =
>repair) but you said that the OEM vendor never gave you *real* =
>installation media. All you got were disk images that lay down the =
>original image and wipe everything out. That's the problem with going =
>with OEM-modified software. They don't have to provide a real copy of =
>the software. Looks like you will have to save all your data and =
>configuration files to backup media and do the wipeout restore, =
>reinstall your applications, and then slide your data back. Have you =
>contacted Toshiba to see if they have some trick to use their bogus =
>installation CD so it will perform a repair rather than an overwrite?

 Sorry about multiposting! I never was sure how to cross-post.
In Free Agent at the top where it says Newsgroups, would I type
something like:
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware,
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, etc. ?

That's correct, the OEM vendor never gave reall installation disks.
I've contacted Toshiba twice now (speaking to two different techs).
The first said I'd have to wipe everything out. The second told me
about a website where I could download a floppy boot disk to access c:
drive (NTFS system).
Neither mentioned any tricks to get their install CDs to do a repair.

Is it possible to get the necssary files:
ntldr and boot.ini (missing this one too) from MSFT's site and
instructions how I can copy these to c: drive in my situation?

 Thanks! Eric

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