Re: NTLDR is missing - tried all the steps, but nothing works
From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 05/06/04
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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 11:37:07 +1000
"Charles Blaquière" <blaq@blaqzone.com> wrote in message
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> A drive was about to fail, so I used Norton Ghost to clone it onto a
newer,
> larger drive. Unfortunately, after installing the new drive and removing
the
> old one, I get the dreaded "NTLDR is missing Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to
> restart" message.
>
> I have:
>
> - Ensured there is no floppy in the PC.
> - Gone into the BIOS to ensure the drive was correctly detected and the
boot
> order was OK.
> - Entered the Recovery Console, and did CHKDSK, FIXBOOT and FIXMBR.
> - Copied NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the CD to C:\ and ensured the
BOOT.INI
> file looked good.
> - Mounted the drive into another PC, ran Disk Management to ensure the
drive
> had an active, primary partition.
> - Tried doing a Windows repair from the CD.
>
> Nothing works! It seems as if the only thing left is to do a clean
install,
> which will wipe out all users and settings. (I have already backed up the
> entire Documents and Settings tree, so no documents would be lost, but I
> would have to recreate users and reinstall all software, something I'm
> understandably unwilling to do...)
>
> I have scoured the Net, trying to come up with any other steps apart from
a
> full reinstall. Is there anything you can think of? Thanks.
>
>
This is an exeptional post: Not only did you do a lot of homework but
you also have a good backup of your data files. Congratulations!
You did not say if your system partition is FAT32 or NTFS. Your answer
will influence some of the measures you can take.
If it was my machine then I would do this:
- Boot it with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
- Run this command: fdisk /mbr
I know that you already ran a similar command under the Command
Console, but then I'm clutching at straws. Note that you can execute
this command without damaging your NTFS partition. It only rewrites
the MBR (which is neither FAT nor NTFS).
I would also use a partition tool to ensure that non only does "the drive
have an active, primary partition" (your words) but that it is the
WinXP partition that is active, not just any partition.
Lastly I would run ptedit.exe (ftp://ftp.powerquest.com/pub/utilities/)
to examine the partition type(s) I have. Your WinXP partition must
be a FAT32/NTFS partition that is not hidden. ptedit will tell you.
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