Re: NTLOADER IS MISSING
From: Mark Mulvany MCT (mark_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/16/04
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Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 19:13:35 -0000
Joe,
Take a look at disk management.
Right Click MY COMPUTER and choose MANAGE and then click on DISK MANAGEMENT.
It could be that the Data partition is incorrectly marked as the active
partition.
To check just right click each partition and if the mark partition active is
greyed out it means that partition is active.
If you find that the orgininal system partition is not active that explains
the symptons however it doesn't obviously explain the cause.
Anyway if make active is not grayed you should be able to mark the
partition as active and be back to normal.
Again as always when trying something like this make sure you have a full
backup just in case as trying this out could result in an unbootable system,
just be careful.
Hope this helps
Regards Mark (The Irish MCT)
"Joe Williams" <JOE@ANYWHERE.com> wrote in message
news:eJz#j144EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Mark,
>
> In addition to the response I just posted, another odd thing I noticed is
> that when I used the recorvery console, the operating system partition
(C:\)
> showed up as D:\ in the recovery console and the data partition (d:\)
showed
> up as C:\ in the recovery console.
>
> This seems to be the reason that when the computer boots up, it can't find
> the boot.ini, ntloader, or ntdetect.com. Somehow they got reversed when
this
> problem occured, and what Windows sees as c:\ is the data drive not the
> operating system drive.
>
> What I did was to place a copy of all three files onto the data drive,
> reboot the server and it came up. So it finds those three files on the
data
> partition, then loads windows from the operating system partition becuase
my
> boot.ini file points the operating system to the correct partition. Wierd.
> Then when the server boots up, the c:\ drive is back as the operating
system
> drive and the d:\ drive is the data drive.
>
> Why is Windows looking at the data partition to boot, and how do I correct
> it so that it is booting from the operating system partition?
> "Mark Mulvany MCT" <mark@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:uNDzzn44EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Joe,
> >
> > One alternative to the other suggestions is to create a windows 2003
boot
> > disk.
> >
> > Creating the disk is straightforward however finding a windows 2003
server
> > or SBS 2003 server to create it on is the difficult part.
> >
> > If you can get access to a windows 2003 or SBS 2003 server you can
create
> > a
> > Windows Boot disk
> >
> > Format the disk don't use quick format
> > Then using explorer choose Tools , Folder Options and then View and make
> > sure you show hidden files and tick off hide protected operating system
> > files
> >
> > Then when you look at C: you will be able to see NTLDR and if you copy
> > this
> > file and NTDETECT.COM and BOOT.INI onto the floppy assuming both the
> > Windows
> > 2003 server you use and your SBS Server are using the default location
for
> > Windows ie
> > First Hard Disk controller, First Hard Drive, First Partition and
\WINDOWS
> >
> > This disk should allow you to boot up the server and then logon and
> > manually
> > copy the NTLDR file from the floppy to C:
> >
> > Assuming everthing goes to plan you would then remove the floppy and
> > restart
> > the server and hey presto it will come up again.
> >
> > Hope this helps let me know if you cant get access to another Windows
2003
> > Server, I could make available a floppy image on my website that you
could
> > download and write to a floppy using WINIMAGE.
> >
> > Firstly it might make sense to try to create the disk on an XP box
> > although
> > I have'nt tested this yet it may work and save you trying to find a
> > Windows
> > 2003 server.
> >
> > Let me know how you get on
> >
> > Regards Mark (The Irish MCT)
> >
> >
> >
> > "Joe Williams" <JOE@ANYWHERE.com> wrote in message
> > news:#7izJR34EHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> I come in this morning and my server says NT LOADER is missing. When I
> >> reboot it, it goes through the POST and then displays the same message.
> >>
> >> Can I do anything to get it back up? How about saving the data on the
> >> hard
> >> drive?
> >>
> >> Help!
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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