Re: ntldr



In news:42c9bb85$0$2065$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
dddddave <dddddave@xxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have replaced a HD in my sons pc. the old one had died.
> I can't get it to boot up. I have loaded xp pro sp2 on the new HD on a
> different pc.
> it looks as though although the HD is being detected by BIOS I can
> never get it to boot up and am getting ntldr is missing error
> messages as well as the odd blue screen and HAL.dll missing on other
> occasions. it tries to boot from cd but never actually does.
> have tried using setup disks to no avail
> also can't get a cmd prompt to do chkdisk but could be doing that
> wrong as I have never really done dos!
> Have tried modifying the boot ini using the catch all boot disks
> flying about but not having any luck whatsoever with it and have ran
> out of ideas. any help appreciated
>
> --
> --
> --

Chances are you need a repair installation and then to update it.


How to perform an inplace upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

Galen
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