Re: NTLDR is missing

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From: john (john_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:59:08 -0800

i typed what you told me to put into the recovery console and then it told me
access was denied, thanks for your help so far.

"Will Denny" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Try this:
>
> Boot with your XP CD in the cd drive. Select 'To repair..' by pressing 'R'.
> When in the Recovery Console type the following:
>
> "copy X:\i386\ntldr C:\" - without the quotes. Where X is the letter of
> your
> CD drive and C is the letter of your system drive. Take the XP CD out
> of the cd drive and reboot into XP normally.
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "john" <john@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:00909486-762E-489C-9B2F-3F2B3845A98E@microsoft.com...
> >i built a new computer, was ready to install windows xp professional, put
> >the
> > disk in, and now it says that NTLDR is missing
>
>
>

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